Executive Assistant
Description
Summary :
This position is responsible for providing overallsecretarial support to the Vice President(s) to whom assigned toaccomplish daily workloads with duties including or comparable tothose indicate below.
The Executive Assistant handles a widevariety of situations involving the clerical and administrativefunctions of the executive offices, which often cannot be broughtto the attention of the executive.
The Executive Assistant servesas liaison between the Executives, Medical Staff, Board members,major donors, associates and the public, making independentdecisions when appropriate and working as part of a team foroverall support of executives.
Maintain executive’s calendar, schedulingmeetings and appointments as requested; on own initiative,establishes appointment priorities, reschedules or refusesappointments or invitations, and draws attention to important datesor conflicts.
Prioritizes own time according to workload demands.
Plans, coordinates and participates inadministrative and board-level meetings, following guidelines inHospital Bylaws, JCAHO Administrative and Board standards and otherregulatory entities, schedules meeting rooms;
orders catering;prepares agendas; does timely mail-outs; takes and transcribesminutes; coordinates follow-up actions; and, works directly withCommittee Chairs.
- Provides polite, courteousand professional reception and telephone service; tactfullydetermines nature and urgency of business;
- answers inquiries andresolves conflicts independently whenever possible using ownjudgment and knowledge of hospital operations;
refers toappropriate person if necessary.
- Readsincoming correspondence; determines deadlines and suspense dates;checks accuracy of documents requiring executive’s signature;
- summarizes content if needed; provides necessary backup materialfor executive’s review; offers advice or initiates reply ifappropriate;
and, coordinates follow-up as necessary.
Composes correspondence requiringunderstanding of hospital operations and policies; researches andprepares special projects or presentations;
initiates and maintainslarge and complex paper and electronic filing systems, developsmethod for organizing and retrieving information.
- Makes complex travel arrangements forindividual executives or groups, authorizing airline travel,lodging, conference rooms, catering, audio-visual equipment.
- In the executive’s absence, responds torequests for action or information; if necessary relays to theappropriate staff member;
intercepts requests and helps implementaction; insures timely response; decides whether executive shouldbe notified of important or emergency matters.
- Provides assistance and training to peers andsubordinates on equipment, hospital policies and workplacestandards. Supervises clerical support as needed.
- Demonstrates competence to perform assignedresponsibilities in a manner that meets the population-specific anddevelopmental needs of the members served by the department.
- Appropriately adapts assigned clientassessment treatment, and / or care methods to accommodate the uniquephysical, psychosocial, cultural, age specific and otherdevelopmental needs of each client served.
- Takes personal responsibility to ensurecompliance with all policies, procedures and standards aspromulgated by state and federal agencies, the hospital, and otherregulatory entities.
- Performs all duties in amanner that protects the confidentiality of patients and does notsolicit or disclose any confidential information unless it isnecessary in the performance of assigned jobduties.
- Performs other duties asassigned.
Requirements :
High School Diploma
Work Type : Full Time
Full Time
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