THE POSITION
Would you like to expand your administrative skills? Are you looking for a challenging, rewarding career where you can positively enhance the lives of others in the community? Join Northumberland County MH/ID to experience the satisfaction of public service while enjoying a professional career. Apply Today!
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
As a Clerk Typist 2, work involves providing secretarial services to the Behavioral Health, Intellectual/Developmental Services and Drug and Alcohol Services Program's Base Service Unit, consisting of Program Specialists, Supervisors, and case managers. You will be responsible for telephone coverage to the BH/IDS/D&A Base Service Unit, verifying Medicaid status, and corresponding with courts or probation regarding DUI client recommendations. Work includes independently and accurately typing correspondence, studying, and analyzing operational procedures, and processing referrals and requests for services.
Other duties to include but not limited to:
- Data entry, maintenance of data programs, and running reports from the BH/IDS Program's CPR-Web computer system and Statewide HICSIS System.
- Maintaining active files for BH/IDS, both paper and scanning files. Purging/shredding files as necessary.
- On an as needed basis (a floater) providing secretarial coverage to other units in the BH/IDS Program in the absence of secretarial support staff. This will include the Psychiatric Outpatient Medication Clinic, (working with psychiatrists, nurses, case managers and consumers), taking telephone calls, making appointments, preparing charts, and filing said charts, the ID Unit, the Early Intervention Program, and the BH/IDS Administrator if necessary.
- Ensuring mail is processed in the most efficient way.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- Salary:In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Six months as a Clerk Typist 1 and educational development to the level of eighth grade; or
- Completion of a high school business curriculum which included at least one typing course; or
- Any combination of equivalent experience and training.
Other Requirements:
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
- Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, or Union Counties. If no eligible candidates who live within these counties apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Legal Requirements:
- You must pass a background investigation.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
- Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ...@pa.gov.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.