Description
Description:
UPMC is currently hiring a Full-Time Administrative Assistant - Associate in Wexford, PA! This position will support UPMC's Community Medicine Osteoporosis program.
This is a Monday - Friday, daylight position from 8:00am to 4:30pm. This position has limited direct patient contact. Free parking is also available!
Duties of this position include, but are not limited to: patient tracking, scheduling, receiving phone messages, insurance verification, and insurance authorizations. The ideal candidate would have effective communication skills and a knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Experience in healthcare is preferred, but not required.
Purpose:
Under direct supervision, provides general administrative support to a department or group of professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Under direct supervision, provides general administrative support to a department or group of professionals.
- Orders office supplies and maintains office equipment.
- Helps supervisor and department prepare presentations (i.e., edits, prints, basic formatting functions).
- Sorts, distributes, prioritizes, and composes routine correspondence following established procedures not requiring management review. (i.e., reads correspondence/ highlights important items and sends to supervisor, sends emails sent on behalf of dept head, writes and sends meeting reminders, forwards emails to appropriate distribution list on behalf of department head).
- Performs routine clerical functions, such as copying, sorting, filing, and typing. Sets up and maintains varied office files, logs, and records office activities.
- Assists in researching, drafting, and/or abstracting routine reports. Compiles and analyzes basic information.
- Answers, screens, and routes incoming calls and messages. Responds to routine questions.
- Maintains supervisor's calendar (i.e., schedules meetings and recurring events, schedules large conference rooms, orders food, ensures applicable equipment is available and ready for meeting, may take meeting minutes).
- Greets, screens, and directs visitors to appropriate staff member.
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Up to one year administrative experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of word processing, electronic mail/calendar, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software.
- Ability to use applicable MS Suite products.
- Knowledge of business processes and procedures.
- Ability to use basic reasoning skills.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC’s COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.
UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusion that is charged with executing leading-edge and next-generation diversity strategies to advance the organization’s diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resource Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Differences) Network, which support the implementation of our diversity strategy.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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