Executive Assistant to President

We are working together to achieve excellent health. Come join us!

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is a Tribal health care organization, serving nearly 30,000 people living across rural, southwest Alaska in villages with populations from about 10 to more than 1,000. Bethel, the regional hub and location of the only hospital in the region, has a population of nearly 7,000. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is home to thousands of lakes and two primary rivers—the Kuskokwim and Yukon.

We offer a broad range of employment opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the health of people in the region.

Bethel, Alaska

Provides administrative support primarily to the President/CEO and Corporate Board of Directors. Shall adhere to a signed confidentiality statement as provided by the Human Resources Department to YKHC employees.

• Minimum Education: AA Degree or Certification Course in Business Management/Office Technology or similar industry or High school diploma.
• Minimum Experience: A minimum of five years progressively responsible Executive assistant experience. Must be able to travel within the Region and State.
• License, Certification, Registration: Valid State of Alaska Driver’s License for local driving is required.
• Specialized Knowledge and
  
  Skills:
  
  Must possess excellent organization skills; ability to utilize standard office equipment. Must be able to record and maintain accurate minutes from meetings held in Administration and Board of Directors meeting. Yupik Speaker is preferred.

• Designing and implementing the process flow for installing, training, monitoring, supporting and servicing patients and care providers.
• Defining and implementing support and service procedures for third-parties, including physicians, and other patient care programs.
• Developing and implementing appropriate quality service metrics and reporting to ensure superior quality of service.
• Managing all hospital and patient care operations.
• Developing processes and instilling values that create world‑class customer care across a wide range of customer and client constituencies.
• Developing and streamlining the claims process to achieve increased efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness of claims processing.
• Evolving operational processes, metrics, and reporting.
• Strengthening communication between Operations and the other departments to feedback customer comments and increase our understanding of market demands.
• Developing and motivating a patient/customer care team that delivers a quality customer experience.
• Planning, developing and initiating new programs and services.
• Being responsible for assuring thorough and comprehensive communications on projects and progress.
• Determining the operational needs for supporting outstanding patient care and customer satisfaction.
• Conferring with administrators and administrative personnel to review achievements and discuss required changes in goals or objectives resulting from current status and conditions.
• Providing support to the Administrators to assure any deficiencies are eliminated to facilities.
• Scaling operations as needed, possibly developing new departments, to meet the increasing demands of a successful high‑growth transaction business.
• Formulating an overall budget for the hospital and making final decisions of funds allocation and expenditures within the hospital.
• Overseeing the daily operation of the Hospital organization and providing advice and direction to all program and department directors on general management issues, problem services and planning processes. Through delegated responsibility, maintaining control of the direction and overall supervision of the managers of human resources services, financial management services, patient advocacy, property and procurement services program planning, services, computer information services, and dietary services.
• Ensuring there is a comprehensive human resources program in place to effectively recruit, retain and develop personnel throughout the Hospital organization. Assuring attainment of EEO goals within the organization through training analysis and…