Location: New Brunswick,NJ, USA
Administrative Assistant
Department of Pediatrics
The Administrative Assistant will:
* Receive telephone calls for the department.
* Answer heavy volume of phone calls within 3 rings, identifying themselves, the department and politely obtaining a summary for the call.
* Determine urgency and dispatches requests to appropriate personnel; takes accurate messages in accordance with established department procedures.
* Immediately and appropriately document patient interactions in department EMR, SHIRE Review voice mails left overnight.
* Assist Department Chair in managing and maintaining the department's expenditure reports
* Obtain invoices, create vouchers and makes request for necessary signatures
* Send signed copy through interoffice mail to Accounts Payable and email signed copy to necessary financial team (Accounts Payable, Finance and Dept. Chair).
* Keep electronic copies of all transactions organized with accordance with department policy. Works closely with the Grant Coordinator and Practice Coordinator when quarterly reports are due.
* Acts as time keeper and monitors all requests for time off, following hospital policy and procedures for Payroll purposes.
* Enter time off requests and make note into hospital payroll system.
* Keep electronic copies of all requests organized for easy reporting and review.
* Act as secondary to Practice Coordinator for sign off privileges.
* Receive, process and distribute electronic faxes in Athena inbox to appropriate staff.
* Receive, process and distribute department mail
* Process outgoing mail, per hospital procedures
* Process FedEx shipping label per clinical staff instructions and deliver to loading dock Pick up and distribute in-coming mail
* Appropriately request charts from Cityside Archive, per guidance of clinical staff when necessary.
* Follow documentation procedures in SHIRE when chart is requested and obtained.
* Operate standard office machines to efficiently perform duties (e.g.: phones, computers, scanner/fax/copier/printer, label makers, etc.)
* Secondary to Registrar Receptionist
* Greet and receive patients and visitors in a courteous and professional manner.
* When receiving patients, identify the patient is on schedule, note the time of the appointment, register patient per hospital standards and obtain referrals if necessary.
* Inform patients if there will be a wait.
Requirements:
* Ability to type, edit and proof business correspondence and prepare reports.
* Three (3) years related secretarial work experience including arranging meetings and conferences.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Must be able to accurately and efficiently record and type dictation involving a normal range of business vocabulary or a limited and recurring range of special terminology.
* Generally sedentary work but may require standing and walking.
Grade 116