Administrative Support Associate I/UKHC

RE47602

Administrative Support Associate I – Dept of Psychiatry

MG345: Psychiatry

Lexington, KY

07

$17.50-27.31/hour

Staff

Full-Time

AA

https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies

3 yrs

None

The physical requirements for this position include regularly sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods with repetitive motion (such as typing); walking including pushing, pulling, and/or lifting up to 10 lbs, and occasional pushing, pulling, and/or lifting objects up to 25 lbs.

Day Shift. Monday through Friday; 8:00am – 5:00pm (40 hrs/wk); Hybrid (1 week in office, 1 week remote).

The Administrative Support Associate I will provide key support to the Administration, Education and Research offices of the Department of Psychiatry, acting as the first contact and supporting departmental activities. This role requires executive-level administrative experience in a fast-paced setting with a high degree of multitasking each day.

Responsibilities include scheduling and document preparation for the Department Chair and Administrator, Vice Chair for Education and faculty across the department, managing faculty affairs, onboarding, and administrative support for the Department of Psychiatry’s education team which includes faculty, staff, and residents. This individual will provide general administrative support for faculty, staff, and residents across the department, as well as handle purchasing, accounting, payroll processes, calendar management, and credentialing and clinical privileges enrollment. The role may involve support to special projects and participation in creating a healthier community through academic medicine, community engagement, and education.

This position is a hybrid position and will require a rotation of one week onsite at Fountain Court and one week working remotely after the initial 90-day orientation period has been completed.

The UK Department of Psychiatry is comprised of a diverse team of highly skilled clinicians and staff working together to create a Culture of Health. A Culture of Health is based on the premise that “everyone has the opportunity to live a healthier life” and that as a community “we must work together to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to make healthy choices.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Department of Psychiatry is using this framework to harness the power of academic medicine to deliver cutting-edge clinical services with the expertise derived from robust community engagement to provide a platform for educating and training future leaders of psychiatry. Our work is only as good as the impact we make on the community we live in. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine strives to provide the highest level of patient care, innovative educational programs, active research in mental illness, and advocacy throughout the state of Kentucky and beyond. These pursuits have helped the department win the American College of Psychiatrists Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education not once, but twice. The Department employs physicians, psychologists, therapists, and other mental health professionals to provide a wide variety of behavioral health and substance use treatment services at multiple locations. Our clinicians provide care at our UK Psychiatric & Behavioral Health Care Clinic at Fountain Court – Lexington, KY, Albert B. Chandler Hospital – Lexington, KY, Good Samaritan Hospital – Lexington, KY, Eastern State Hospital – Lexington, KY as well as various other clinics and departments throughout the UK HealthCare system and outside organizations throughout Kentucky. Our team of researchers are working to advance the understanding of behavioral health and how behavioral health conditions are managed and treated. Our department has five ACGME-certified residency training programs which focus on training more than 50 physicians each year to become the future leaders in psychiatry.

The Department of Psychiatry’s administration and education office is located near the Hamburg area of Lexington at 245 Fountain Ct., Lexington, KY, 40509. This off-campus location provides free onsite parking for employees and patients as well as a primary care/urgent care clinic and retail pharmacy that is accessible for both patients and employees.

Forbes magazine announced in February 2023 that it ranked the University of Kentucky sixth out of 500 total companies on its America’s Best Large Employers list. UK is listed second nationally in the education category. The University of Kentucky provides a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and insurance benefits, a competitive 2:1 retirement match of up to 5% of an employee’s base salary, discounts to local, regional and national businesses, paid vacation and temporary disability leave (sick time) and 14 paid holidays each year. For additional information on the University of Kentucky’s benefits, please visit https://hr.uky.edu/insurance-and-retirement.

If you are interested in joining our team to provide administrative support to help transform the behavioral health system of care in the Lexington area and throughout Kentucky, please consider applying for this position.

Planning and Organizing, Independent Decision Making Skills, Confidentiality, Computing Skills, Scheduling

No

Bachelor’s degree preferred.

12/08/2024

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