Department Assistant Receptionist - San Antonio, TX

The Department Assistant Receptionist performs the routine clerical functions to support daily operations within the Facilities Department, thus the employee will perform administrative and complex clerical work and must exercise independent judgment in determining priorities related to managing assignments. This position requires advanced computer skills, excellent verbal skills and organizational and time management skills. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Must be able to organize and distribute incoming and outgoing US Mail as well as internal correspondence and packages
  
  
  
  • This includes multiple locations and multiple buildings


• Must be able to operate standard office equipment such as copier, fax, and postage machine
  
  
  
  • Be able to organize copy and fax projects and produce finished products
  
  
  • Must keep all assigned office equipment in working order


• Must be able to use Microsoft Office products to receive and produce printing projects


• Must be able to back up Corporate Receptionist at specified locations if needed


• Performs a variety of secretarial duties, such as typing reports and memos, maintaining computer based and paper files, answers office inquiries, and performs administrative tasks


• Performs special projects of a moderate to highly skilled nature


• Maintain and order department supplies


• Performs all other related duties assigned

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent


• 2+ years of administrative support experience


• Proficient in Microsoft office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Some college


• Customer service experience in the healthcare industry


• Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds


• Ability to sit for extended periods of time


• Ability to stand for extended periods of time


• Ability to use fine motor skills to operate office equipment and/or machinery


• Ability to properly drive and operate a company vehicle


• Ability to receive and comprehend instructions verbally and/or in writing


• Ability to use logical reasoning for simple and complex problem solving

WellMed is a healthcare delivery system serving more than 90,000 patients, primarily Medicare eligible seniors, in Texas and Florida through primary care clinics, multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, WellMed is an industry leader in medical risk management, highly effective disease management and chronic care programs, healthcare delivery services and more.

Our focus and mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. We are innovators in preventative healthcare, striving to change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors. Our providers and support staff are selected for their dedication to the senior population and focus on preventative, proactive patient care.

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Job Keywords: Department Assistant, Receptionist, Entry Level Administrative, Greeter, Reception, San Antonio, TX, Texas