Right at Home Mississippi Delta -
Administrative Assistant
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Work Location: In-office
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
The Administrative Assistant / Receptionist provides day-to-day administrative support to ensure the office operates efficiently and maintains accurate, up-to-date records. This position serves as a primary point of contact for employees, caregivers, clients, and visitors while assisting with filing, compliance documentation, certification tracking, and hiring support.
Essential Job Duties
- Maintain accurate, organized, and up-to-date employee and caregiver files.
- Complete weekly filing and ensure required documents are placed in the appropriate personnel files.
- Enter and maintain employee/caregiver time digitally in company software on a weekly basis, ensuring entries are accurate and completed on schedule.
- Review files regularly for missing, expired, or incomplete documentation and assist with obtaining necessary updates.
- Complete monthly certification and compliance checks and maintain accurate records of results.
- Answer incoming phone calls professionally, take messages, transfer calls, and assist callers with general questions.
- Provide professional customer service to clients, caregivers, applicants, employees, and visitors.
- Perform general receptionist duties, including greeting visitors and assisting individuals who come into the office.
- Assist with the hiring and onboarding process, including communicating with applicants, sending applications and required hiring materials, and following up on outstanding documentation.
- Assist with HHA-related administrative duties, documentation, and record maintenance.
- Make outgoing phone calls to caregivers, employees, applicants, or other appropriate contacts to obtain required information and documentation.
- Assist with scanning, copying, organizing, and electronically filing documents.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee, caregiver, client, and applicant information.
- Assist the Compliance Department and other office staff with administrative projects as needed.
- Help ensure office records and documentation remain organized and prepared for internal or external review.
- Perform other administrative duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Professional and courteous phone and customer service skills.
- Demonstrates professionalism, maturity, reliability, and sound judgment.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize responsibilities, and meet established deadlines.
- Comfortable working with computers, electronic records, email, and standard office equipment.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
- Dependable and able to maintain a consistent Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. in-office schedule.
- Five (5) years of administrative, receptionist, healthcare, customer service, or professional office experience preferred, but not required.