Medicaid Program Specialist 3 PCN 064041
Medicaid Program Specialist 3 PCN 064041
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- Join the Department of Health!Were thrilled to welcome you!Weve made our application process more accessible than ever.Please take a look at our job announcement below.If you can see yourself in this role apply nowyour next opportunity awaits!This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.This position is currently located in Juneau. The position may be in Anchorage or Juneau depending upon the location of the most qualified candidate.
What You Will Be Doing:
As the Medicaid Program Specialist 3 you will develop implement and manage statewide communication programs for the division. Your responsibilities include coordinating public relations media content publications and training programs. You will collaborate on significant public relations projects impacting the organization and the public. Additionally youll handle responses to inquiries from legislative offices the Office of the Governor and the Commissioners Office regarding division programs. This role also involves managing requests under the Alaska Public Records Act allowing for independent judgment and selfdirection.
Our organization mission and culture:
Our mission is to provide and maintain the operations aspects of health care coverage and programs for all eligible Alaskans in need. We also protect Alaskas most vulnerable populations through our certification and licensing sections. This position contributes to our mission by clearly articulating Medicaid policies and any policy or operational process changes and helping to communicate these changes to stakeholders Medicaid recipients and the public.
The benefits of joining our team:The State of Alaska has a generous benefits package and an excellent retirement plan. Please see here for more information: is an exciting opportunity for you to contribute to building a brandnew Unit within the dynamic Division of Health Care Services. Youll play an integral role in improving the lives of Alaskans through collaboration support and open exchange of ideas. Your input will be valued in research development and healthcare policy decisionmaking. This position offers you the chance to enhance your skills and expand your knowledge in writing editing graphic design and webinternet technologies. The ideal candidate will be selfmotivated and committed to maintaining the highest level of professionalism in communication.
The working environment you can expect:
The work location may be in either Juneau or Anchorage and will depend on the selected candidates location. If hired in Anchorage your office will be conveniently located in Midtowns Business Park a singlestory building with ample free parking. The area offers convenient shopping and dining and access to regional transportation. Close by Cuddy Park provides a place for lunchtime strolls. If hired in Juneau you will be part of the Directors office in vibrant downtown Juneaus Alaska Office Building. You will have covered free parking and a newly remodeled office with a wall of windows overlooking Mount Juneau Mount Roberts and the Capitol Building. Shopping dining and hiking trails are all within walking distance. In both locations we offer the option of a hybrid telework schedule with 1 day in the office and 4 days at home. Initial onboarding and training may require fulltime office work for a limited period.
Who we are looking for:The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following positionspecific competencies:
Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production communication and dissemination of information and ideas to inform and entertain via written oral and visual media and social media.
Web Technology: Knowledge of the principles and methods of web technologies tools and delivery systems including web security privacy policy practices and user interface issues.
Legal Government and Jurisprudence: Working knowledge of federal and State statutes regulations policies and procedures governing the business affairs of the division.
To view the general description and example of duties for this job class please go to the following link and search for Medicaid Program Specialist 3:
QualificationsCompetencyBased Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competencybased minimum qualifications.Please ensure your applicationthrough work history volunteer experience (duties summary) training education licenses certifications etc. supports how you have gained the knowledge skills abilities and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge skills abilities (KSAs) tasks and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competencys description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA task and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Please ensure your application (through work history training education licenses certifications etc. supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:Uses a logical systematic and sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on ones knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
- Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example technical sensitive controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.
- Technical Expertise: Effectively applies technical knowledge to solve a range of problems; develops technical solutions to new or highly complex problems that cannot be solved using existing methods or approaches; is sought out as an expert to provide advice or solutions in the technical area.
- Written Communication: Writes in a clear concise organized and convincing manner for the intended audience.
Experience equivalent to those typically gained by:
Progressively responsible professional experiencesuch as supporting the administration of a Medicaid or Medicare program health insurance service health insurance management information system health insurance finance or accounting program Supplemental Security Income benefits or vocational rehabilitation program; auditing or monitoring medical or public assistance programs for fraud or quality assurance;processing medical claims using medical coding and medical billing knowledge; designing developing testing for quality assurance and implementing an information system and/or training or education which includes such course work as business administration computer sciences economics healthcare legal studies medical billing or coding public health public assistance psychology.
Special Note:
Competencies means a combination of interrelated knowledge skills abilities and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.
Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.
Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom online selfstudy and onthejob) from accredited and unaccredited sources and longduration (such as a postsecondary degree) and shortduration (such as a seminar) programs.
Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
Additional Required Information
At the time of the interview please provide the following:
- Three 3 professional references whom we may contact by phone one 1 of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor if not already provided in the application.
- Last two 2 years of performance evaluations if available.
- A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualification competencies.
Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
For your application to be evaluated youmustanswer the Supplemental Questions.
The State of Alaska uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicants level of competence in applying certain behaviors knowledge skills and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery Fluency Literacy and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.
EDUCATION
To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not transcripts will be required before employment.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
If education is completed in a foreign college or university it may be used to meet the above requirements if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.
WORK EXPERIENCEWhen using work experience not documented in your application please provide the employers name job title employment dates and whether you worked fulltime or parttime. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.
If you have currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level. Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as minimum qualifications require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application.Noting see resume or CV or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.MULTIPLE LOCATIONS:The location of this position is currently in Juneau.The position may be located inAnchorage or Juneaudepending upon the location of the most qualified candidate. Please select the location(s) you are willing to be considered for. Thereis one position to be filled.
APPLICATION NOTICE
regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(tollfree) or . If you choose to be contacted by email please ensure your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the govermentjobs domains. For information on allowing emails from the governmentjobs domains visit the Lost Password Help page at STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please callin Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 oror correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P. O. Box 110201 Juneau AK. The State of Alaska is an equalopportunity employer.
WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(tollfree) orif you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to.
For applicant password assistance please visit InformationFor specific information about the position feel free to contact the hiring manager at:
Kate Hudson/Medicaid Program Specialist 5
Phone:
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
