Medical Evaluation Board Assistant (PEBLO/OA)

About the Position: Serves as a Medical Evaluation Board Assistant within a Medical Treatment Facility, responsible for coordinating and carrying out the administrative functions that support the Medical Evaluation Board process. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Major duties

• Performs administrative processing, coordination, and tracking of all actions required for Soldiers undergoing evaluation through the Army Disability Evaluation System.
• Provides Soldiers with clear explanations of required forms, including intake and physical forms, to ensure all medical conditions are accurately documented and assessed.
• Coordinates with physicians, physician assistants, and specialty clinics to ensure all abnormal findings are evaluated and all required consults are completed.
• Prepares and assembles complete MEB packets, including Narrative Summaries, consults, coversheets, and permanent profiles, ensuring all laboratory studies, imaging, and tests are obtained according to provider requests.
• Gathers historical data, develops statistical information, prepares data for analysis, and compiles information for briefings and presentations.
• Requests medical records and searches for misplaced records to ensure availability for patientcare and MEB processing.
• Provides patients with information required to ensure a successful visit and serves as an advocate for patients in transit by guiding them to appointments and admissions.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify for this position you must meet the qualification requirements listed below: Education/Experience: One year of specialized experience performing routine Medical Evaluation Board MEB processing steps such as, preparing, editing, and formatting a wide variety of documents used in the Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) process, including correspondence, forms, reports, charts, and case-related materials. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.