Administrative Assistant 2, Intake and Triage Program (00081335)

Administrative Assistant 2, Intake And Triage Program

The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is one of Georgia's four health agencies serving the state's growing population of over 10 million people. DCH serves as the lead agency for Medicaid, oversees the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) and Healthcare Facility Regulation Division (HFRD), impacting one in four Georgians.

Through effective planning, purchasing and oversight, DCH provides access to affordable, quality health care to millions of Georgians, including some of the state's most vulnerable and under-served populations. Six enterprise offices support the work of the agency's three program divisions. DCH employees are based in Atlanta, Cordele and across the state.

DCH is committed to providing superior Customer Service and Communication, embracing Teamwork and fostering Accountability to ensure that our internal and external customers and stakeholders feel included, respected, engaged and secure.

DCH is currently seeking applications from qualified candidates for the position of Administrative Assistant 2, Intake and Triage Program with the Healthcare Facility Regulation Division. This position reports directly to the Administrative Assistant Supervisor of the Intake and Triage Program. This is a full-time, hybrid position that requires in-office and remote work with the approval of the supervisor. The days and frequency in the office may change at any time during employment based on the business needs of the organization.

Job Responsibilities

Under general supervision, performs a wide range of office administration duties for assigned functions or program areas, duties may be complex in nature and may involve access to confidential information. May research, investigate, and/or resolve program data or issues. Drafts documentation, reports, or presentations. Represents program or unit, provides information and assistance to internal and external customers.

• Assist in providing a variety of administrative and clerical support functions to facilitate the intake workflow.
• Gather, compile, and analyze data to meet the needs of the state and federal programs, including the retrieval of information from web-based sources, hard copy, email and voicemail.
• Assist with returning voice mail messages from the call center.
• Provides general verbal and written responses to complainants.
• Relays information to program managers.
• Assess incoming complaints/incidents against federal/state facility types and gathers appropriate information when necessary.
• Retrieves all supporting documentation from Laserfiche and attaches to complaints.
• Effectively operate multiple database systems to review and make updates as necessary.
• Input data from various sources in database systems.
• Maintains data entry accuracy when entering complaints and facility reported incidents into the database.
• Display excellent customer service skills, computer skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Perform other duties as assigned in the fulfillment of the needs of the Healthcare Facility Regulation Division.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma/GED and three (3) years of job-related experience; or one (1) year of experience required at the lower level Admin Assistant 1 (GST050) or position equivalent.

Additional Information

In addition to a competitive salary, the Georgia Department of Community Health offers a generous benefits package, which includes employee retirement plan; paid holidays annually; vacation and sick leave; health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, health and child care spending account.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.

This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified. Applications without work experience listed will not be considered. Current Georgia state government employees will be subject to state personnel board (SPB) rule provisions. The position may be filled at a lower or higher position level.

This position is unclassified and employment is at-will. Candidates for this position are subject to a pre-employment background history and reference check.

Georgia Department of Community Health