STAFF ASSISTANT - 50001643

Requisition No: 852250 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: STAFF ASSISTANT - 50001643

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50001643 

Salary:  $33,760.00 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 06/13/2025 

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Requisition #852250

STAFF ASSISTANT

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Emory L Bennett Veterans' Nursing Home

Daytona Beach, Volusia County

Starting Annual Salary: $33,760.00

Paid Bi-weekly

Shift: 8:00am – 4:30pm

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S.  We are seeking motivated, dynamic individuals!  Our skilled nursing facility boasts  a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture.

*Education and employment history must be verifiable.  Please attach any credentials you claim (degrees, certifications, etc.) to your application.*

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:

• Competitive Wage Scale
• Health Insurance- Family Plan $180 per MONTH
• Health Insurance- Individual Plan $ 50 per MONTH
• Choice of Insurance plans- HMO or PPO
• Life, Dental, Vision and much more offered
• State Pension/ Retirement and 401K
• 104 hours of vacation
• 104 hours of sick leave
• Nine paid holidays
• Tuition Waiver Program for full time employees- up to 6 credit hours each semester

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be willing and able to assist with filing and maintaining hard copy records.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in person and over the telephone.
• Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task.
• Ability to operate a multi-line telephone system.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail.
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft applications.
• Ability to prepare letters, reports, forms and other documents.
• Must Successfully complete all pre-employment screenings to include, but not limited to a drug test and finger printing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Two years' secretarial or clerical experience.
• Knowledge of HIPPA regulations.
• Experience filing and maintaining records.

Note: you will be required to provide your Social Security number in order to conduct a Level 2 background screening. If selected, you will be required to participate in Direct Deposit.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Candidate is responsible for receiving and managing phone calls to the facility appropriately while providing courteous and prompt customer service to all visitors and residents.
• Maintain order in the reception area and notifies facility staff of visitors as appropriate:
• provides magazines and other reading material to visitors as well as residents.
• Ensure adequate lighting and comfortable room temperatures are maintained within the reception area.
• Candidate greets visitors to the facility in a prompt, courteous manner. 
• Provides limited information to the general public regarding services rendered at the State Veterans' Nursing Home. 
• Answers and routes incoming and in-house calls. Takes and delivers accurate messages to appropriate staff members in a timely fashion. 
• Ensures at all times Residents Rights as well as Resident confidentially is protected.
• Maintains Administrative area for supplies, confidential resident and employee documents, including mail.
• Locks and secures area at end of shift.
• Maintains logs of visitors, vendors and residents families. 
• Assist Business Manager with residents’ monthly accounts. 
• Compiles a spreadsheet of expenditures and checks for the business office.
• Handles cash account, assists residents with letters and postage as needed.
• Prepare letters, reports, forms and other documents, assuring that they are accurate and timely.
• Performs other routine office duties as instructed by supervisor. 
• Notifies FDVA in Largo, NHA and DON immediately of any regulatory visitors.

Performs related work as required.

This is a Career Service position.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.