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Administrative Assistant-25641 Jobs in New York, NY at Knowledge Builders Inc
Title: Administrative Assistant-25641
Company: Knowledge Builders Inc
Location: New York, NY
Job Description
Office of Aging and Long-Term Care – Adult Care Facilities
Administrative Assistant-25641
Job Duties
Must be able to provide high-level admin support by:
- Primary phone contact – respond to standard inquiries, triages and refers to respective units for response. Perform initial complaint intake from patient, caregivers, family and consumers, including entering essential information and allegations into ACTS.
- Prepare outgoing correspondence utilizing program specific templates and software (ACO and ACTS) for surveillance, complaints, Home Health Aide Training Program and miscellaneous activities.
- Receive and process mail, faxing, scanning/photocopying, emailing, and uploading documents for FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) requests, Inter and Intra-agency requests, internal needs and public distribution.
- Maintain photocopy and printer machines through preventive and ongoing mail logs; troubleshoot office computer repairs as needed
- Assist survey staff with proper storage and filing of survey documentation in the designated drives and physical storage space
- Any other ad hoc requests needed by office or survey staff
- Orient other support staff if needed
Candidates should be dependable, detail-oriented, and highly motivated individuals able to work in a fast-paced, high-volume office environment. The successful candidate should be willing and able to multitask and move from assignment to assignment as deadlines and priorities change. Have knowledge of office administration and management; proper grammar, punctuation and spelling; business communications and ability to take notes is necessary.
Minimum Qualifications
- a high school diploma (or equivalent),
- two-year minimum experience working in a professional office setting,
- excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (specifically Word, SharePoint and Excel),
- the ability to enter data into, and extract data from, electronic databases,
- the ability to work independently and on a team with different personalities,
- the ability to handle multiple, shifting priorities,
- good organizational skills, including an ability to organize information into reports
Preferred Qualifications
- familiarity with health care facility surveillance and complaint incidents and investigation correspondence and reporting
- familiarity and knowledge of the ASPEN System, ACTS and ACO systems
- familiarity responding to Freedom of Information Law requests
prior experience working within the NYS Department of Health Division of Home and Community Based Services program
We provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other protected basis.
