Administrative Assistant, General Surgery

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Sinai Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Hospital is seeking an Administrative Assistant for its Department of Surgery. In this dynamic role, you'll manage various administrative tasks, including scheduling, liaising with clients, and supporting the clinical practice of physicians. Applicants must have a college diploma and experience in health environments.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a college diploma from an accredited educational institution.
• Minimum of two (2) years of related experience preferably working within a clinic/health environment.

Responsibilities

• Schedule patient appointments for clinics or operative procedures.
• Maintain physicians calendars and schedules.
• Function in a public relations role with clients.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Excel

Power Point

Outlook

Customer Service

Time Management

Communication

Education

College diploma from an accredited institution

Tools

ACCURO EMR

Job description

Administrative Assistant, General Surgery

Administrative Assistant, General Surgery

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Sinai Health is looking for an Administrative Assistant to support our Department of Surgery.

The Administrative Assistant is an integral part of a busy and dynamic clinical practice within the Department of Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital. In this role, you will be expected to exercise sound judgment and independence while managing the day-to-day related administrative activities. You will demonstrate a strong commitment to quality customer service, applying excellent problem solving and communication skills to ensure the success of a physician’s clinical practice within the Department of Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Role

In this role you will:

• Schedule patient appointments for clinics or operative procedures
• Review and transfer messages to physicians with patient chart for follow-up. Prepare charts for new patient referrals as required
• Retrieve release of information documents from patient charts in order to forward information to other physicians, prepare charts for patient rounds
• Maintain physicians calendars and schedules. Process all dictated clinical notes (i.e.: fax to referring physicians)
• Maintain and Update physician’s Wait List in the organizational data entry system (Novari)
• Establish forms, tables, spread sheets, etc. to capture monthly statistics
• Function in a public relations role with both “walk-in” and telephone clients; provide timely, friendly and informative service
• Work collaboratively with other administrative support staff
• Communicate and maintain working relationships with several institutions
• Participate in other miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned, such as filing incoming e-fax documents
  
  

Job Requirements

Mandatory

• Successful completion of a college diploma from an accredited educational institution
• Minimum of two (2) years of related experience preferably working within a clinic/health environment
• Applicants with proven equivalent recent and related training and experience may be considered
• Experience with various EMRs and booking systems
  
  

Preferred

• A college diploma in the field of Medical Office or Business Administration
• Proficiency with medical terminology and medical dicta-typing
• Experience with ACCURO EMR
  
  

Skills and Knowledge

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
• Demonstrated work ethic; positive, client focused attitude; superior professionalism; dependability and reliability; demonstrated commitment to providing outstanding customer service
• Superior written/oral communication and presentation skills; excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills; ability to effectively convey factual information and detailed explanations
• Confident time management, organizational and self-planning skills displaying flexibility by adjusting work schedules according to changing priorities, meeting demanding deadlines and producing high quality work
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions, exercise good judgment, discretion and initiative when dealing with confidential information and/or in responding to inquiries
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance record
  
  

If this sounds like you and you feel ready to advance your career within health care, apply now and let us know why you would be a great addition to our team.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Other

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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