Administrative Assistant - Pathology Support Services

Inside Higher Ed; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Columbus, Ohio, is seeking an Administrative Assistant for Pathology Support Services. This role involves managing correspondence, resolving inquiries, and collaborating with medical staff. Candidates should have a high school diploma/GED and relevant experience. Key responsibilities include organizing materials for Tumor Boards and managing multiple Excel files. This full-time position requires strong customer service and organizational skills, with a schedule of 40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• 1 year of relevant experience required.
• Certification or vocational training may be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responds to inquiries from department and medical center staff.
• Mants multiple Excel files for the department.
• Sorts Information Office email mailboxes.
• Collaborates with OSUP Billing to resolve documentation issues.

Skills

Customer service skills

Proficiency in Excel

Organizational skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Administrative Assistant - Pathology Support Services

Position Summary: Functions as an Administrative Assistant for Pathology Support Services within the Department of Pathology; opens, sorts, and distributes incoming correspondence and packages, and performs customer service-related duties such as answering the phone and problem resolution. Specific duties include:

• Responds to inquiries from department and medical center staff, pathologists, clinicians, and physicians.
• Mants multiple Excel files for the department.
• Opens and sorts courier deliveries.
• Compiles and organizes materials for Tumor Boards.
• Receives pathology slides from outside institutions and completes Quality Assurance forms.
• Sorts Information Office email mailboxes.
• Serves as a liaison for faculty to facilitate shipping of department slides and blocks to outside facilities.
• Produces mailings for patient consultation reports.
• Returns and receives outside blocks and slides according to retention policies.
• Collaborates with OSU medical center personnel to ensure timely communications for complete accessioning process for patients.
• Requests blocks and slides to be returned from outside facilities and requests results from reference laboratories.
• Collaborates with OSUP Billing to resolve documentation issues within pathology reports.

Job Requirements: High School diploma or GED. Certification or vocational training may be preferred. 1 year of relevant experience required.

Location: Doan Hall (0089)

Position Type: Regular

Scheduled Hours: 40 hours per week

Shift: First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.

The university is an equal opportunity employer, including veterans and disability.

As required by Ohio Revised Code section 3345.0216, Ohio State will: educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.