Administrative Assistant

Namaste Home Health and Hospice; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Namaste Home Health + Hospice in the Denver area is seeking an Administrative Assistant for a part-time schedule (12:00 to 5:00 pm). This role supports the Executive Director and handles routine clerical tasks to ensure efficient document flow.

The position requires at least two years’ healthcare experience or related business college, fast typing (50 wpm), strong word processing and PC skills, medical terminology, and confidentiality. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience in home health or health care, or graduation from a one or two year business college preferred.
• Is at least eighteen years of age.
• Able to type 50 words per minute.

Responsibilities

• Assist Executive Director/Administrator while preserving confidentiality.
• Maintain files, supplies, postage and general office condition in an orderly manner.
• Handle all correspondence and word processing for the home health organization.
• Maintain minutes of meetings.
• Answer telephone inquiries and route them appropriately.
• File clinical notes after recording on the weekly ledger.
• As necessary, send physician's orders for signature.
• Keep current log of what is sent and tracks receipt of signed document.
• Close patient’s clinical record when discharged.
• Maintain current patient statistics utilizing the MIS.
• Maintain ledger cards for all new patients admitted.

Skills

Typing 50 wpm

Word processing

Personal computer skills

Medical terminology

Business machine knowledge

Education

Two years’ experience in home health/health care or business college

Job description

Administrative Assistant - Part-Time 12:00 to 5:00pm Pay Range: $15.75 to $20.00 We are currently seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our team of dedicated professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of our patients, residents, their families and our community. We are guided by our CAPLICO Core Values: Celebration Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Customer Second (Employee First!) Ownership If these core values resonate deeply with your own moral compass and you meet the requirements below, then you should apply.

JOB SUMMARY

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for routine clerical matters and assuring that documents flow in a coordinated and efficient manner.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides assistance to the Executive Director/Administrator, preserving the confidential nature of items of which he/she has knowledge.
• Maintains the files, supplies, postage and general office condition in an orderly manner.
• Handles all correspondence and word processing for the home health organization.
• Maintains minutes of meetings.
• Answers telephone inquiries and channels them appropriately.
• Files clinical notes after recording on the "weekly ledger" sheet.
• As necessary, sends physician's orders for signature.
• Keeps current log of what is sent and tracks receipt of signed document.
• Closes patient's clinical record when discharged.
• Maintains current patient statistics utilizing the Management Information System.
• Maintains ledger cards for all new patients admitted for clerk's use.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Minimum of two years' experience preferably in home health or health care, or graduation from a one or two year business college preferred.
• Is at least eighteen years of age.
• Able to type 50 words per minute
• Word processing skills
• Personal computer skills
• Business machine knowledge
• Medical terminology

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com. Namaste Home Health + Hospice is a Medicare and Medicaid certified home healthcare and hospice agency that has been serving the greater Denver area since 1998. At Namaste Home Health + Hospice, we believe that choice always exists and that excellent quality of life is always attainable. Whether we're caring for a senior after a surgery, supporting a patient's family member cope with grief, or supporting a loved one with a serious illness, our team will seek to provide care that exemplifies truly Life Changing Service. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.