Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic is seeking an Administrative Assistant in the Fargo, ND area.
Be part of the solution to the behavioral health crisis. As a team member for the ND Department of Health and Human services, you will endure the most vulnerable and have access to a high-quality healthcare system in which prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover.
As an Administrative Assistant, you will play a vital role in providing exceptional support to individuals seeking a variety of services, including registration, insurance processing, and demographic updates. Your role involves direct face-to-face interaction with clients, ensuring a welcoming and professional environment. Additionally, you will serve as a key team member by providing coverage for other support staff members as needed, contributing to the smooth and efficient operation of the office.
Key Responsibilities:
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Support registration processes by accurately gathering, verifying, and updating client information, including demographic details, insurance data, and compliance with Accounts Receivable requirements for medical billing. Ensure data accuracy and adherence to organizational policies and legal standards.
- Address complex medical billing, coding, insurance, and Accounts receivable questions from clients and staff, ensuring timely and accurate resolutions.
- Process pre-bill reports, monitor authorizations, manage Follow-Up reports, and ensure accurate and timely documentation.
- Greet and assist clients in person, creating a positive, welcoming experience while responding promptly and effectively to inquiries with clear guidance and support.
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Maintain confidentiality of all clients and organizational information in accordance with policies and legal requirements.
- Manage multiple administrative tasks, prioritizing effectively to meet deadlines and support teams members, including coverage during absences or busy periods.
- Uphold the organizations standards of respect, courtesy and professionalism in all interactions.
To thrive in this position, you must be action-oriented and a proactive problem solver who can identify issues and implement solutions efficiently. You demonstrate pride in creating an inclusive environment where clients feel welcomed, heard and supported. You are able to work independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively within a team. You have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with diverse population. You have strong organizational skills and the ability to juggle multiple detailed oriented tasks. You exemplify the ideals of respect, confidentiality, courtesy, and helpfulness.
To be considered for this position, you are required to have a high school diploma or GED and two years of office support, clerical, or secretarial work experience.
- Coursework in vocational office support closely related program may substitute for the work experience requirement for a year for year basis if it provided the knowledge and skills required to perform the duties of the position to be filled. Proficiency in keyboarding, specific software, grammar, and spelling skills may be required.
Location
This position provides essential client services face to face and therefore the person in this position needs to be in the office.
About HHS
ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.
To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.
About Team ND
"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt
More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.
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Application Procedures
Your resume should include information to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as posted. If the Department's Human Resource Division is unable to determine that you meet the minimum qualifications credit will not be given. All application material must be received on or before the closing date by 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST).
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsorships.
This employer participates in E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information HHS ND Careers E-Verify
A copy of your qualifying degrees transcript and any applicable certifications or licensures must be provided at the time of an interview.
For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Danielle Guerrero at [email protected] or at (701) 298-4744.
Employing Unit: ND HHS - Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic
Telephone Number: 701-298-4500
TTY Number ND Relay Service 1 (800) 366-6888 (text) or 1 (800) 366-6889 (voice)
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with the Application Process or uploading attachments, please contact [email protected] or (701) 328-3290.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.
As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.
