Are you looking for an exciting new venture that can truly make a difference in people's lives?

Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities is your place.

The Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID) is dedicated to helping the residents of Nueces County who are living with mental illness and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve over 10,000 people each year with psychiatric and behavioral health care outpatient services, counseling, training, employment assistance, housing support, homeless outreach, children's mental health care and more.

*This position will remain open until filled. Posted 5/06/2026

Hourly/Non-Exempt: $14.75 - $15.80

Full-Time, 40 Hour Work Week, Paid Bi-weekly

General Description

Performs receptionist duties that include serving visitors by greeting, welcoming, and directing appropriately; notifies staff of visitor arrival; maintains visitor sign-in-log for security purposes, performs data entry as assigned; performs fee collections for services provided to consumers and acts as backup telephone operator as needed. Collects Initial Contact forms and verifies consumer's insurances daily. Works under supervision with minimal latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Refers problems to a lead supervisor. Performs related work as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited high school or GED, plus some experience in clerical duties. Must have reliable transportation.

Preferred: One year of progressively responsible receptionist experience. One year of face-to-face customer service and answering the public's questions and or/directing them to the right person. One year of computer experience entering data into a database.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• In the course of being employed, understands and implements trauma informed care practices.
• Knowledge of business terminology, office practices and procedures; of spelling, punctuation, grammar, and arithmetic.
• Skill in using Word-Processing and Excel formats.
• Ability to make basic mathematical computations; maintain and prepare fee collections and tabulations.
• Skills required operating office machines.

MHID cares about the health and well-being of our employees, we are dedicated to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package.

We offer a very competitive benefits package

• Excellent health, hospitalization, dental and vision insurance plans
• Life Insurance, $25,000 provided at no cost to employees
• Very generous retirement plan- MHID contributes 6% of employee annual salary on the first day of employment and the employee contributes 1%
• Employee referral program
• 16 hours of paid time off (PTO) each month, with increases
• 10 holidays plus 2 personal holidays each year
• Career ladder incentives/opportunities
• Mileage reimbursement if personal vehicle is used for work
• Employee appreciation events and annual employee recognition banquet
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)

Student Loan Repayment

• MHID is a qualified employer for the PSLF program to repay student loans https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Education

• MHID offers flex scheduling for educational assistance to full-time employees
• Free LPC-A supervision

We are a tobacco free workplace
EOE/AA

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters