Administrative Assistant

Saint Peter’s Health Care System; New Brunswick, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Free onsite parking

Paid life insurance

Job summary

Saint Peter's Health Care System is seeking an Administrative Assistant for the Department of Genetic-Genomic Med. The role provides front-desk support, handles a high volume of calls, manages messages, and documents patient interactions in the EMR.

You will support the Department Chair with expenditure reports and coordinating invoices and signatures. Responsibilities include filing, mail processing, time-keeping, and helping ensure smooth daily operations within the department.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Receive telephone calls for the department and answer in a timely manner.
• Determine urgency and dispatch requests to appropriate personnel; take accurate messages.
• Document patient interactions in the EMR and SHIREReview voice mails left overnight.
• Assist Department Chair in managing expenditure reports and invoices.
• Process and distribute mail, faxes, and charts as directed.

Skills

Typing

Secretarial experience

Interpersonal skills

Dictation

Job description

Administrative Assistant
Dept of Genetic-Genomic Med

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, SHIREReview 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 dockPick 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.

Salary Range:20.13 - 32.19 USD

We offer competitive base rates that are determined by many factors, including job-related work experience, internal equity, and industry-specific market data. In addition to base salary, some positions may be eligible for clinical certification pay and shift differentials.

The salary range listed for exempt positions reflects full‑time compensation and will be prorated based on employment status.

Benefits

Saint Peter's offers a robust benefits program to eligible employees that will support you and your family in working toward achieving and maintaining secure, healthy lives now and into the future.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• savings accounts
• voluntary benefits
• wellness programs and discounts
• paid life insurance
• generous 401(k) match
• adoption assistance
• back‑up daycare
• free onsite parking
• recognition rewards

You can take your career to the next level by participating in either a fully paid tuition program or our generous tuition assistance program. Learn more about our benefits by visiting our site at Saint Peter's.