Secretary

Job ID: 29093

Agency: Health

Location:Pierre, SD

Salary: $16.07-$18.90 Hourly, depending on qualifications

Pay Grade: GH-D

Closing Date: 11/20/2024

This is a Full-Time 40 Hours Weekly position with the Department of Health. For more information on the Department of Health, please visit https://doh.sd.gov/ .

Job Summary

This position provides administrative support to surveyors of health care facilities to ensure compliance with state and federal licensure and certification regulations for the protection of the public from health and safety hazards. This position works closely with health care providers and licensing of health care facilities.

This position provides administrative support which includes tasks such as greeting the public on the telephone, mailing correspondence, gathering and providing information, maintaining office records retention and maintaining processes to support office operations. A majority of the time will be supporting staff to ensure compliance with state and federal licensure and certification regulations for the protection of the public from health and safety hazards. This position works closely with health care providers and licensing of health care facilities.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• The ability to learn and clearly convey information to others, check for understanding, and sense and understand others’ concerns and feelings.
  
  

Knowledge Of

• business English including grammar, spelling, and punctuation;
• modern office equipment, practices, and procedures;
• basic bookkeeping;
• computer software applications;
• department rules, procedures, and functions.
• medical terminology;
• computer applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
  
  

Skill To

• exercise sound judgment and make timely, well-informed decisions;
• set goals and put forth the effort required to achieve them;
• conduct work in an honest, ethical, responsible, and committed manner;
• plan ahead, set priorities, and work in an orderly manner;
• operate a variety of office equipment;
• communicate information clearly and concisely;
• review and comprehend materials;
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public;
• work cooperatively with coworkers and treat them with respect.
  
  

Ability To

• type accurately, in positions requiring keyboarding;
• gather, compare, and summarize data from a variety of sources;
• operate a variety of office equipment;
• communicate information clearly and concisely;
• review and comprehend materials;
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public;
• proof and edit solutions to arithmetic problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages;
• transcribe material from machine dictation;
• formulate logical and reasonable conclusions from available information.
• answer phone calls in a professional manner and transfer calls appropriately;
• support health facility surveyors with survey preparation and processing;
• use federal and state computer systems;
• assist with annual licensing of health care facilities;
• order supplies and equipment;
• maintain files and databases;
• purge records and record retention.
  
  

This position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/ . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: h ttps://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=IT

You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources

Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us

http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus

"An Equal Opportunity Employer"