Administrative Assistant

Home Health & Hospice...Your time at work should be fulfilling. Rewarding. Inspiring. That’s what you’ll find when you join CHI Home Health and Hospice. Experience the opportunity to provide compassionate, personalized care in the home.  Our skilled staff improve lives by providing care for our patients wherever they call home.  We are focused on caring for patients recovering from injuries, living with a chronic illness, and other medical needs. 

You’ll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we’ll create healthier, stronger communities. Imagine your career at Catholic Health Initiatives!

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

CHI Home Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees' well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft 
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Wellness Program

The Administrative Assistant provides a full range of administrative support to the Home Care & Hospice Director and staff. 

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

1. Provides assistance to Director, preserving the confidential nature of items of which he/she has knowledge.
2. Maintains the files, supplies, postage and general office condition in an orderly manner.
3. Handles all correspondence for the home health organization.
4. Coordinates meeting schedules and maintains minutes of meetings as directed.
5. Responsible for the admission packets and the scanning of all documents.
6. Answers telephone inquiries and channels them appropriately.
7. As necessary, sends physician's orders for signature. Keeps current log of what is sent and tracks receipt of signed document.
8. Closes patient’s clinical record and ensures discharge summaries are routed to doctor upon client discharge.
9. Responsible for flower management for bereavement
10. Responsible for the ‘tuck in’ list.
11. Completes batch posting and orders management.
12. Assists with patient admissions and runs reports out of clinical software as assigned.
13. Processes MFP’s and completes NDHO statistics.
14. Assists updating the timekeeping system for staff as needed.

Non-essential Job Responsibilities

1. Other duties as assigned by management

Required

Graduation from a one or two year business college

In lieu of education: Minimum of two years’ experience preferably in home health or healthcare

Type 50 wpm

Basic computer skills

Medical terminology