Position: Health Care Administrative Assistant FT (40 hours per week)

Schedule: 9:00am – 5:00pm (Monday – Friday)

Pay:  $20 - $22/ hour based on years of experience

Who we are: 

If you are looking for a career with a strong, supportive team doing meaningful work with an appreciative community of seniors, consider being a part of the Blakehurst team! You’ll join others who’ve quickly found that Blakehurst is the kind of place where people decide to build a career. Blakehurst is a Life Plan Community situated on a beautiful 40-acre campus in Towson, MD, near Baltimore. Our goal is to enrich the lives of the 250 seniors we serve. We do that by providing opportunities for residents to live life to the fullest.

You will enjoy:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance 
• AD&D insurance 
• 401(k) with company match 
• Resident sponsored educational scholarships 
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Employee assistance program 
• Free onsite parking
• Free transportation to and from the closest bus stop
• Now offering DailyPay
• An exceptional work environment that is both engaging and fun!

Blakehurst is seeking a Health Care Administrative Assistant to join our team! This position is responsible for assisting the Health Center nursing and administrative staff with clerical duties. Primary Responsibilities: 

• Answers incoming calls, takes messages and relays messages using appropriate equipment. 
• Assists the Health Center administrative staff with clerical functions.
• Schedules appointments for residents and arranges transportation with the Transportation Department.
• Places order for medical supplies, medical equipment, etc., receives order and stocks shelves.
• Gathers information for bundled charges and keeps the spreadsheet up to date for billing.
• Scans in resident’s medical records and attaches them to EMR via My Unity.
• Submit long-term claims for recipients. 
• Assembles all new charts with resident's assigned medical record number, name, physician’s name, and any other information pertinent to the resident, making sure all required information is complete on the medical record.
• Helps maintain resident charts in an orderly manner. Thins medical records when necessary.
• Prepares emergency packets for Health Center resident records.
• Assembles discharge charts in preparation for medical records review.
• Coordination of destruction of medical records.

Qualifications:

• High school graduate. Ability to communicate effectively in English 

and perform simple arithmetic. 

• Microsoft Office literate. 
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred. 
• One year experience in a health care setting, preferable in long term care. 
• Requires good judgment to plan, perform and set-up sequences within standard procedures. Requires analysis of facts and information to take action following established guidelines.

All new hires must be able to pass our preemployment screening process, which includes a fitness for duty physical, criminal background check, drug test and employment references as required by a licensed residential care facility. Some of the roles in our community also require that we ask about your vaccination status.

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