Clerk

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH); Prestonsburg (KY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is seeking a Clerk Typist to perform typing and general office duties in a healthcare setting. This role involves typing documents, filing records, answering phones, and handling mail with accuracy and timeliness.

Based in Prestonsburg, KY, the position supports clerical workflow across departments, requiring good grammar and basic computer skills. Experience with MS Office and attention to detail are essential for success.

Qualifications

• High School or GED with typing & English coursework.
• Able to type at least 45 WPM and work with Excel spreadsheets.
• Good grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Clerical experience or on-the-job training in posting, filing, and records maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Type correspondence, reports, forms, cards, and requisitions.
• Operate office machines such as photocopiers, postage meters, and adding machines.
• Maintain control on documents through logging, posting, or filing.
• Search files to obtain correspondence, reports, and records.
• Answer telephone and take messages.
• Receive, sort, and distribute mail.

Skills

Typing 45 WPM

MS Excel

MS Word

Proofreading

Grammar & punctuation

Basic computer knowledge

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Overview

The Clerk Typist performs various typing and clerical tasks, files records and reports, and performs general office work.

The Clerk Typist performs various typing and clerical tasks, files records and reports, and performs general office work.

Responsibilities

• Types correspondence, reports, forms, cards, and requisitions, etc.
• Operates office machines such as photo copies, postage meters, and adding machines.
• Maintains a control on documents, which either originate within or pass through the department, by an effective logging, posting, or filing operation.
• Searches files to obtain correspondence, reports, and records.
• Answers telephone and takes messages.
• Receives, sorts, and distributes mail.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School or commercial school graduate or GED equivalent with courses in typing and English. Six months or 1 year\'s experience desired.
• Must demonstrate the ability to accurately type a minimum of 45WPM, MS Excel spreadsheet analysis, MS Word process with ability to prioitize and work closely with materials staff and department requesters to troubleshoot issues involving Lawson.
• Should have a good working knowledge of the rules of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Clerical experience, or "on-the-job training: in posting, filing, and records maintenance methods.
• Clerical perception necessary to proofread and to avoid errors in transposition.
• Must have basic computer knowledge.