Administrative Mental Health Professional

Department: LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric services are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana

ELMHS is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented, and positive individual to join our team as an Administrative Assistant 4! The selected candidate for this role will provide administrative and educational support by coordinating documents and reports, performing clerical tasks, tracking hospital expansion needs and progress, assisting with meetings and scheduling, and maintaining records.
Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to make choices that reflect ethical standards, integrity, and honesty, regardless of circumstances or personal benefit.
Using Data: The ability to collect, analyze, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.
Four years of experience in administrative services.
Provide support throughout the clinical areas of the East Division and the Forensic Division, Jackson Campus, and deals with issues that are highly complex and confidential in nature.

• Compose and type correspondence involving complex and non-routine matters and signs for the Assistant Clinical Director/Clinical Director once content has been authorized.
• Issue division-wide memorandums and responses for informational requests, reports and directives at the Assistant Clinical Director's/Clinical Director's request.
• Assure maximum efficiency in performance of duties as required for smooth office operation including secretarial duties, but not limited to, i.e., receiving and forwarding telephone calls of various types from throughout the hospital, state office, and throughout the state; dictation, typing, transcribing, filing, handling office mail (incoming and outgoing), screening calls and accommodating visitors; completes travel requests and reimbursements; schedules appointments and establishes appointment priorities or reschedules appointments for Assistant Clinical Director/Clinical Director; requisitions office supplies and forwards work order requests when needed.

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Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?
Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?
Please give a brief summary of your administrative assistant experience.
I promote ethics, model transparency, and help others act with fairness across teams.

UD: Using Data - How do you work with data to generate insights or inform decisions?
I struggle to collect, analyze, or use data effectively, and I may misuse or present sensitive information incorrectly.
I can work with basic data, but I may miss key trends, present it unclearly, or need help applying insights.
I collect accurate data, identify patterns, share insights clearly, and use data to make informed, ethical decisions.
I use advanced techniques to uncover insights, tell clear data stories, and proactively protect sensitive information.

UD: Using Data - Explain your selection by providing specific examples from your experience. I adapt quickly, follow through, and help others adjust as needed.