About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

Astria Health is seeking a Administrative Assistant to join our team! This position is located at our Astria Toppenish Hospital in the Behavioral Health Unit. 

Shift: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

What you get to do every day!

As the Administrative Assistant, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to our behavioral health department, ensuring smooth operations and efficient delivery of services to our clients. This role is pivotal in maintaining effective communication between staff, clients, and external stakeholders, while upholding confidentiality and professionalism at all times. You will:

• Coordinates all patient referrals received from external facilities across WA state.
• Provides general administrative oversight and support for the Director of Behavioral Health including managing unit/team meetings, preparing meeting and training material and maintaining patient data.
• Scheduling all patient visits, including family/external support, attorney, financial placement assessments, external appointments and transportation needs for discharging patients. 
• Tracks and assures court orders are current and completes initial documentation for compel orders and additional/extended commitment orders.
• Prepares and maintains data and information and generates reports used for internal and external reporting and tracking.
• Maintains inventory of office supplies and patient supplies and orders supplies as needed.
• Assists with quality assurance including auditing various logs, basic QAPI data and general chart review.
• The person in this position must be able to participate in policy approved physical and mechanical restraint as trained with potentially dysregulated and/or combative patients and maintain personal, patient and staff safety without physical restrictions,
• Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries.
• Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned