FT Administrative Ass T

Outreach is seeking a qualified candidate for a FT Administrative Assistant to work in our outpatient unit located in Brentwood, Long Island. The FT Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing support service to the Clinical Coordinator and Program Director while managing and prioritizing requests from other staff on site to insure the ongoing daily support services for the unit. They are also responsible for the accurate collection, tracking, and financial reimbursement of client fees. The schedule is 35-hour: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm; Wednesday, Friday 1:00pm-9:00pm and potential Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm. There is flexibility in the schedule.

Who You Are:

• Providing information regarding services, conducting phone screening, recording information in the intake book. Interacting with referral sources, clients and staff in a professional, ethical and caring manner.
• Answering/screening incoming phone calls; welcoming and screening visitors; maintaining reception area appearance; maintaining knowledge of staff schedules.
• Conducting pre-intake telephone screening, scheduling intake appointments and recording relevant intake information in the intake log.
• Collecting client fees, issuing receipts and recording information in the computer. Collecting all Medicaid client cards on a daily basis and swiping card using Medicaid machine. Reporting any benefit denials to appropriate staff.
• Maintaining efficient and understandable filing system for administrative and clinical records; updating filing system on a periodic basis. Ensuring charts are well organized.
• Maintaining a supply of forms and pre-arranged intake folders. Disassembling charts of discharged clients and files appropriately.
• Inputting all daily client activity and client demographic information in the computer.
• Monitoring the following internal records: Caseload updates, clinic appointment books, toxicology client roster, etc.
• Scheduling medical, psychiatric and intake appointments for clients as needed.
• Assisting in safeguarding clients’ confidentiality in accordance with pertinent regulations, which include HIPAA and CFR42, Part 2.
• Assisting in the maintenance and order of office and toxicology supplies.
• Assisting in maintenance of the physical plant; reporting needed repairs in a timely manner; responding appropriately to emergencies; utilizing appropriate agency resources in seeking to improve physical plant function and safety.

At Outreach, we enjoy a strong work-life balance, excellent benefits, and ongoing professional training. Our enthusiastic employees love what they do and the positive impact they make every day. Outreach embraces diversity and promotes a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated and respected.

Our employees are the reason Outreach ranks among the most respected health and human services providers in New York City and Long Island. In fact, we have been named one of the “Best Companies to Work for in New York” a total of nine times since 2010.

Communities throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island turn to Outreach for a vast array of treatment and training needs. We customize our services to increase our access to a wide range of individuals and groups including Families, Justice System, Aspiring Professionals, EAPs/MAPs and Community Members. Outreach’s treatment services are licensed by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and employ best practices in line with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services’ (SAMHSA) indicators of quality treatment.