Clerical Associate Level III

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals is seeking a clerical professional to perform routine office tasks and supervise a small data entry team in a health care setting. The role includes processing, recording, and maintaining records, plus basic data entry and reporting duties.

The position requires a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of clerical experience, along with the ability to type at least 100 keystrokes per minute.

Qualifications

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
• Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.

Responsibilities

• Process, record, check, and maintain records and files and prepare reports.
• Data entry and retrieval using a personal computer or other automated systems.
• Supervise a small group engaged in data entry and retrieval operations.
• Operate a telephone call directory or switchboard and handle routine communications.
• Perform routine data processing in production control areas and assist with clerical duties.

Job description

Marketing Statement

Since 1875, South Brooklyn Health has established its reputation for clinical excellence and culturally competent care. It has designations as a Certified Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Baby-Friendly Hospital, a U.S. News & World Report high performing hospital. The hospital's staff is as diverse as the patients they serve. Interpreter services can be provided at any time of the day or night in over 130 languages.

Marketing Statement

Since 1875, South Brooklyn Health has established its reputation for clinical excellence and culturally competent care. It has designations as a Certified Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Baby-Friendly Hospital, a U.S. News & World Report high performing hospital. The hospital's staff is as diverse as the patients they serve. Interpreter services can be provided at any time of the day or night in over 130 languages. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

This class of positions encompasses clerical related office activities utilizing manual and automated office systems; duties may include supervision of employees performing routine tasks appropriate to each Assignment Level. All personnel perform related work.

Under supervision, with latitude for independent judgment, performs supervisory and/or moderately difficult clerical duties.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

• Performs responsible clerical work in various administrative and operational areas by processing, recording, checking, and maintaining records; files and invoices using alphabetical and numerical procedures including data/control coding; furnishes information and prepares reports requiring the selection of data from simple records or statistics.
• Performs ordinary mathematical computations.
• Checks records for accuracy of information and for conformity with established policies and procedures.
• Operates a telephone call directory, multi-line phone, or switchboard.
• Performs clerical operations in an assigned area, such as the filing of materials and the searching of files for difficult to locate materials.
• Performs data entry and retrieval using a personal computer, video display terminal, or other automated
  

• Performs routine data processing functions in the area of production control.
• May perform incidental typing.
• May supervise and instruct a small group engaged in the performance of data entry and retrieval operations.
• In the temporary absence of the supervisor, may perform his/her supervisory duties not in excess of 30 work days or 210 hours in a calendar year.

In New York City Health + Hospitals In Addition To Performing The Duties As Described Above, May Also Perform The Following

May provide clerical support in health care setting patient care units; as directed by medical staff, prepares, compiles, maintains, files, and/or retrieves patient medical records; records diet instructions; requisitions supplies; answers telephones and relays messages to patients and medical staff; directs visitors to patient's rooms, distributes mail, newspapers, etc., inventories patient's personal effects and stores them following proper procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• A four-year High School Diploma or its educational equivalent and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.

Skills Requirement

Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.

Department Preferences

• Knowledge—comprehension of information acquired by experience or study.
• Skill—demonstrate competence to perform a learned activity.
• Ability—competence to perform an observable behavior or a behavior that results in an observable product.
• Problem solving, communication, teamwork, self-management, technology, learning, initiative and enterprise