Administrative Assistant - Bilingual (Spanish) (Early Intervention)

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference in children’s lives? Look no further and join the team at Meeting Street! Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

Full-time employees receive:

• Competitive Pay
• Generous PTO
• 13 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and MORE

Hourly rate is $18.50 to $22.78 based on related experience

Meeting Street is currently looking for an Administrative Assistant - Bilingual (English/Spanish) in Early Intervention working 40 hours weekly.

Duties:

• Provides general administrative, secretarial, and clerical support.
• Interacts with pediatrician groups, DCF, hospitals, families and a variety of State agencies, including Department of Public Health Department of Education and Department of Transportation and insurance companies on a regular basis.
• Processes all referrals, schedules the intake appointment and initial assessment within program guidelines. Maintains the assessment calendar notifying the EI team of upcoming appointments and changes.
• Maintains the EI database in compliance with DPH Early Intervention Operational Standards.
• Reviews referral information, forms, and other billing information received to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Confirms client/student benefits have been verified prior to entering bills and monitors ongoing eligibility verification.
• Establishes good rapport and cooperative working relationships with agency personnel as well as clients, referral sources and third-party payer contacts.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community’s future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other employment practices (i.e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.

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• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of two years’ experience in third party billing/collections required.
• Prior experience in a health care environment.
• Knowledge of electronic claims processing.
• Fully bilingual (read, write, speak, translate) in both English and Spanish languages required.