Administrative Coordinator

Administrative Assistant

Location: De Smet, SD

Worker Type: Regular

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range: $19.25 - $25.00

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Performs diverse and complex secretarial/administrative duties, scheduling of daily activities, retention and organization of documentation and data and follow-up functions for management staff. With minimal instruction or supervision, provides support for the Department in the following areas: Office management; Coordinates administrative support of the Department and efficiency with reception/secretarial functions; data management; record retention and assurance of confidentiality.

What You Will Do

• Performs generalized secretarial duties including, but not limited to: Transpose hand written or verbal communication to typed format (i.e. correspondence, reports, charts, and minutes of meetings); edits and makes copies of transposed information if necessary; collates and assembles reports and documents; answering phone calls.
• Responsible for meeting arrangements/coordination/facilitation.
• Coordinates schedules and appointments as requested.
• Assists with the analysis, collection and maintenance of records and data. Assists in preparation of reports and presentations.
• Attends meetings as required and participates on committees as directed. Responsible for coordinating the agendas and recording accurate minutes for assigned organizational committees.
• Gathers appropriate information from various sources for credentialing processes.
• Completes projects as assigned.
• Receives customer requests or inquiries in person, telephone, or mail, analyzes requests, and provides information requested or ascertains who can best provide the information, and routes requests to the proper person in a timely and courteous fashion. Responds independently and appropriately as needed.
• Assists with physician onboarding as well as other tracking and reimbursement for physicians or leadership staff as assigned.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

• Associate's or equivalent from 2 year college or technical school; 2-5 years related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship.

Avera is an equal opportunity employer - qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.