What are the responsibilities and job description for the Healthcare Facility Office Assistant - Extra-Help Healthcare Facility Office Assistant position at Merced County?
This recruitment is being established to obtain a current eligible list for both Full time and Extra-Help vacancies. Extra-Help are not entitled to county benefits and are limited to a maximum of 25 hours per week. Extra-Help pay is $21.09 per hour.
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
Two (2) years of clerical experience equivalent to an Office Assistant II in Merced County.
Education:
One (1) year of college or business school training may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.
Desirable:
Type at a corrected rate of 45 words per minute from clear copy.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Knowledge of:
Ability to:
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
- As lead-worker, instructs employees in the interpretation and application of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to the department's programs and automated systems.
- Prioritize and manage workload distribution.
- Act as technical resource on more difficult problems or specialized issues; monitors quality and timeliness of unit work.
- Identify and provide individual instruction to co-workers for work deficiencies and provide feedback to supervisor as requested.
- Answer inquiries related to department services, programs, and operations.
- Obtain information, resolves discrepancies or errors, disperses relevant information, or refers client to the appropriate personnel or location.
- Explain the proper use of forms and documents.
- Produce notices, reports, letters, legal documents, fiscal, or statistical information.
- Verify that information or data is complete, accurate, and consistent.
- Operate automated systems, which involve interpretation of requirements and assisting in the layout and formatting of fields, screens, and report formats utilized in database, spreadsheet, or word processing software.
- Produce statistical, data processing, and production related reports.
Two (2) years of clerical experience equivalent to an Office Assistant II in Merced County.
Education:
One (1) year of college or business school training may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience.
Desirable:
Type at a corrected rate of 45 words per minute from clear copy.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Operate a personal computer and modern office equipment with repetitive hand and arm motion.
- Communicate effectively with others in person, in writing, and over the telephone.
- Analyze data, interpret directions, procedures and regulations, and develop appropriate responses.
- Create correspondence, spreadsheets, and presentation materials using various computer software programs.
- Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines and under stressful conditions.
- Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
- Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision and color perception.
- Frequently lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
- Occasionally kneel, bend, twist, squat, balance and crawl.
- Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
- Occasionally lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
- Normal dexterity, frequent holding and grasping.
- Frequent use of data entry device including repetitive hand and arm motion.
- Sit, stand or walk for long periods of time.
- Regular attendance is an essential function.
Knowledge of:
- Modern office practices, and department specific methods, procedures, policies and regulations.
- Programs, goals, and purpose of the assigned department.
- English grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation.
- Business letter writing.
- Lead-work and staff development techniques and practices.
- Computer terminology and computer keyboard arrangement.
- Common word processing, spreadsheet, and database software packages.
Ability to:
- Exercise sound judgment when initiating processes, actions, and alternatives within established procedures and regulations.
- Interpret and explain procedures to others.
- Provide verbal and written instruction to others.
- Exercise sound judgment when prioritizing, organizing, assigning, and monitoring workload.
- Apply the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures pertaining to initial application for the assigned department's services.
- Enter data accurately into automated system.
- Locate, identify, and correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective work relationship with others.
- Deal tactfully and courteously with the public, county employees, and other staff.
- Lead and train subordinate employees effectively.
- Follow written and oral directions and instructions
Salary : $43,867 - $53,373