FISCAL SPECIALIST 2 (FULL -TIME, DAYS)
Req #: 209749 Department: HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Job Location: Harborview Medical Center Posting Date: 08/24/2022 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $3665 - $4917 monthly Union Position: Yes Shift: First Shift Notes: As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.
A higher degree of healthcare.
All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored.
As the region's only Level I Trauma center, Harborview Medical Center is well known for innovations and excellence in trauma care and its centers of emphasis: Trauma, Burn, Neurosciences, AIDS/STD, Center for Advanced Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (CARER), and mentally-and medically- vulnerable populations. Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.
Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion.Become part of our team, and join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.
HMC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - OUTPATIENT has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time (100% FTE, 40 hours a week) Fiscal Specialist 2/Representative Payee.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Serve as the coordinator of the representative payee program in accordance with Social Security Administration guidelines for Harborview Mental Health Services clients receiving DSHS, Social Security and/or SSI benefits.
As the representative payee coordinator, work with case managers and clinicians to develop and implement individual client budgets based on their monthly DSHS or Social Security and/or SSI benefits.
Maintain individual representative payee account records including accounting for all deposits, disbursements, and preparation of financial statements for all client transaction activities.
Prepare and submit all client representative payee reports to the Social Security Administration.
Serve as the system administrator for the Representative Payee Management software. Coordinate software modifications/updates with software vendor. Establish and maintain payee scheduled payments and deposits, allocation of expenses and deposits by categories for reporting and budgeting purposes, end of year and balance forward processing, user customized tables, and detailed client and transaction reports.
Orient/train case managers and clinicians about representative payee procedures and use of the Representative Payee Management software.
Serve as the liaison with Finance regarding representative payee check disbursements, deposits, and bank statement reconciliation.
Train fiscal and administrative support staff, schedule work coverage as needed, problem-solve, promote team building, coach, review workloads and make work assignments. Recommend operational enhancements to management to streamline and improve the overall fiscal functions of the department.
As delegated, reviews and authorizes departmental purchase requisitions and program expenditures.
Forecast fiscal needs/commitments of programs by conducting analysis of expenditure and revenue trends and participate in the planning and preparation of departments annual budgets submission.
Assist with special projects as requested by management.
Other duties as requested
REQUIREMENTS
Two years of experience at a level equivalent to Fiscal Specialist I AND 15 quarter hours or 10 semester hours of college level accounting
Equivalent education/experience
DESIRED
A Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
3 years of experience in administration of department financial processes and systems in a health care setting
At least 2 years of experience working with the mentally ill
UW Medicine includes Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Neighborhood Clinics, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law.
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