ACCOUNT CLERK I/CORRECTIONAL HEALTH

Position/Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

We welcome applications from everyone - EMERGENCY

EXAM NUMBER:
Y0577A-DOJ

Online application filing will begin on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. (PT). The application window may close unexpectedly once the recruitment needs have been met.

NO OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE OR WITHHOLDS ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS EXAMINATION .

EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT INFORMATION:
Los Angeles County is under a Department of Justice Consent Decree to improve conditions and mental health care in County jails, as well as support justice-involved populations post-release. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of providing a range of services both in the jail and community. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the justice-involved population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency A ccount Clerk I vacancies related to the DOJ Consent Decree.

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

During your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Account Clerk I.

ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second-largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 25 health centers, four acute hospitals, and an expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for 600,000 unique patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $6.9 billion.

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov

THE MISSION:
To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care

WHAT WILL I DO AS AN ACCOUNT CLERK I?
Performs accounting clerical work in the maintenance of accounting records within a comprehensive established framework of procedures, under general supervision.

A departmental accounting system having approximately 200 appropriation and revenues accounts and cost centers.

A segment of a general accounting system having approximately 2,000 appropriation, fund, proprietary, and revenue accounts and cost centers.

-OR-

An accounts payable, accounts receivable, or trust accounting system having approximately 5,000 active accounts.

A general accounting system or segment thereof having approximately 100,000 appropriation, fund, proprietary and revenue accounts and cost centers. -OR- An accounts payable, accounts receivable, or trust accounting system having approximately 100,000 accounts.

Essential Job Functions

• Serves as a clerical assistant to a higher level in-charge accounting position which has day-to-day responsibility for operation of the accounting system;
• Does bookkeeping and associated financial-clerical work, spending a major portion of time performing a variety of tasks involved in maintaining the accounting records of a small general accounting system, or an accounts receivable, accounts payable or trust accounting system
• Performs the work within a comprehensive established framework of procedures; such work involves (1) performing all of the following tasks: sorting, coding, verifying, and filing financial documents, posting by hand, machine or, through the initiation of computer input, to registers and subsidiary ledgers, and balancing to controlling accounts, and (2) performing at least some of the following: locating and tracing both posting and coding errors; listing errors and required adjustments; taking trial balances; assisting in the reconciling of accounts with the Auditor's abstract; compiling prescribed financial-statistical data and preparing highly standardized reports such as sales tax, mileage, and collection reports or other reports reflecting current account balances; and reconciling bank accounts affecting the balances of a large group of funds or revenue accounts and involving a large number of transactions.
• Perform other work such as preparing payrolls or requisitions providing that a major portion of the work involves a bookkeeping assignment of the character described elsewhere.
• Perform more difficult and complex bookkeeping work under close supervision or within a comprehensive established framework of detailed procedures.
• Serve as lead of a group of bookkeeping machine operators.
  
  -OR-
  
  
• Does inventory control work of a strictly clerical nature spending full time in maintaining a large scale system of stock and equipment accounts and performing associated work within an established framework of procedures; such work includes: checking and coding documents reflecting stock and equipment transactions, posting such transactions to stock and equipment ledgers manually, by bookkeeping machine or through the initiation of computer input, verifying the accuracy of stock and equipment accounts by balancing to receipts, issues, invoices, and statements of physical inventory and reconciling to the Auditor's property listings, reporting unexplained discrepancies to superiors, and preparing statistical reports reflecting inventory operations.
• Perform incidental tasks such as preparing requisitions, receiving reports or other documents such as those describing equipment or consigning equipment to surplus, as needed.
  
  -OR-
  
  Participates in routine office and field checks of departmental installations to verify the clerical accuracy of accounting documents they submit such as petty cash collection reports, cash register receipts, and golf course starter sheets;
• Checking procedures are well established and closely supervised and only a few kinds of transactions affecting a small number of accounts are examined; such work involves: checking clerical accuracy of postings and totals on reports, verifying postings with supporting documents;
• Determining whether prescribed procedures have been followed, and listings discrepancies and required corrective action and tracing errors to their source.
• Performs office machine operating work which may require the skilled use of desk calculators, bookkeeping machines, adding machines and typewriters.
• Routinely access such office equipment as video display terminals, word processors, or personal computers to input data, perform computations, or produce documents not requiring the formatting or programming of such equipment, as needed.
  

Requirements

Requirements to qualify :

OPTION I : One year's clerical experience in bookkeeping assisting in the maintenance of a double entry accounting system and associated subsidiary records involving coding transactions and posting and balancing of ledgers, journals, and registers

-OR-

OPTION II : One year's clerical experience in the maintenance of financial or statistical records involving the coding, recording, checking tabulations and computation of data and completion of a high school level course in bookkeeping or elementary accounting.

PHYSICAL CLASS II - Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Additional Information

OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS : During your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION :
Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

VACANCY INFORMATION : The current vacancies are to be filled within Correctional Health.

AVAILABLE SHIFT : Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

APPLICATION & FILING INFORMATION :
Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.
Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add mrivas2@dhs.lacounty.gov , as well as noreply@governmentjobs.com, and info@governmentjobs.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.

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Plan to submit your online application in a timely manner, as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI)

The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. We are committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.
ADA COORDINATOR PHONE
(323) 914-7111

CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE
(800) 735-2922

DEPARTMENT CONTACT
Michelle Rivas, Exam Analyst
Email Address: mrivas2@dhs.lacounty.gov

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