Initial Posting Date:

11/24/2025

Application Deadline:

12/04/2025

Agency:

Department of Corrections

Salary Range:

$4,067 - $5,349

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Office Specialist 2, Medical Services (Portland) temp opportunity

Job Description:

Office Specialist 2, Medical Services (Portland) temp opportunity

Columbia River Correctional Institution – Portland, Oregon

Oregon Department of Corrections

This position is a temporary appointment anticipated to last 6 months, though, may be extended or decreased due to business need. Internal candidates may be considered as a job rotation with their current manager's approval.

About the Job – Your Role

In this role, you will provide clerical support for the operation of the Medical Services Division at the correctional institution. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the accurate maintenance and filing of medical and dental records, facilitating timely written and verbal communication, compiling statistics and routine reports, and scheduling healthcare appointments. This position requires a high level of organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a correctional environment.

The person in this position works within the prison setting and is responsible for maintaining security and supervision of adults in custody (AICs). The demands of the work environment are chaotic. Clerical staff are responsible for maintaining accurate AIC tracking systems for populations ranging from 100 to 3000, with large volumes of AIC movement in and out of the institution on a daily basis.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of general clerical experience that includes keyboarding, word processing, or other experience generating documents.

OR

An associate degree in any field.

OR

An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Requested Skills

• Medical and appointment scheduling

• Billing experience

• Procedure codes

• Medical Terminology

• Strong customer service

• Working with HIPAA guidelines

• Pulling and filing medical charts

• Interpreting and applying rules, statutes, procedures, guidelines, and policies

• Managing calendars and scheduling meetings

• Ability to work with angry, hostile and frustrated individuals

• Ability to work with adults in custody

• A minimum of two years of experience working in a medical healthcare setting

• Managing and working with confidential information including medical information

Application Information

• In the Work Experience section of your application make sure to include the dates and duties of all relevant positions and details to support how you meet these attributes. If you do not include education or work experience meeting the minimum qualifications, you will not be considered for the position. Only the candidates whose experience most closely matches the qualifications and requested skills of this position will be invited to interview. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications on or before the job posting close date.

• The job posting closes at 11:59 PM (PDT/PST) on the close date. After you submit your application, be sure to respond to the two questionnaires relating to public records requests and veterans’ preference immediately following your su