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Lead Medical Support Assistant

$67,439 a year
Veterans Health Administration
San Francisco Full-day Full-time

Description:

The employee serves as a Lead Medical Support Assistant (Lead MSA) under the Department of Ambulatory Care at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Lead MSA will serve as administrative support to assigned section/clinics within Ambulatory Care. These clinics include but are not limited to: the Call Center, a CBOC, Primary Care, Mental Health, or Specialty Care or Specialty Care Modules).

Requirements:

Lead Medical Support Assistant, GS-7

Experience.
One year of experience equivalent to the [GS-6] grade level.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. Candidates must demonstrate all of the KSAs below:
  • Advanced knowledge of medical terminology and a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics, specialties, and/or community resources.
  • Ability to utilize numerous advanced patient systems in support of multiple clinics in an interdisciplinary setting.
  • Ability to organize work, set priorities, and delegate tasks/responsibilities in order to meet deadlines.
  • Skill in communicating with individuals to obtain the desired effect and coordinating with a variety of interdisciplinary care team staff.
  • Ability to provide staff development and training.
  • Ability to manage staffing requirements, manage workflow priorities, and adjust the flow of work to meet team and patient needs. This includes the ability to follow-up on pending issues and demonstrate an understanding of the impact of incomplete work across multiple clinics.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ .

Physical Requirements: The work is mostly sedentary. It typically requires sitting with sustained periods of concentration. There will be some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of relatively light objects. The position may also require stooping, reaching, lifting, pulling, and other moderate exertion or strain. Incumbent may occasionally have to walk some distance to a meeting.

English Language Proficiency. MSAs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3.j.

Grade Determinations. In addition to the basic requirements for employment listed above, the following education and experience criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates.




Feb 10, 2026;   from: usajobs.gov

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