Healthcare Administrative Assistant

Mount Sinai; Fort Hill (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System in New York is seeking an experienced secretary to provide clerical and general office support, including word processing, typing, telephone reception, mail distribution and record keeping for an assigned department or care unit.

Responsibilities include greeting visitors, scheduling, filing, dictation typing, arranging travel, calendar management, and data gathering for reports; the role requires strong organizational skills and customer service.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in secretarial science, Secretarial School diploma or High School Diploma/GED plus one year of related experience
• 1 year of related experience

Responsibilities

• Answers telephone, screens callers, relay messages and greets visitors.
• Opens, sorts and prioritizes mail. Picks up and delivers materials asrequired.
• Maintains records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, coding,updating and destruction.
• Types routine correspondence, memos, reports, minutes and otherdocuments from dictation or handwritten copy. Proofreads typed materials andmakes corrections, as needed.
• May screen and schedule patient appointments, schedule referrals ofspecial testing or doctors visits, and keep record of patient billing forsubmission.
• Makes travel, accommodation and/or transportation arrangements.
• Schedules and maintains calendar for meetings and/or appointments.
• Responds to inquiries for information according to established policies.
• Gathers, assembles and categorizes data for general information purposesand special reports.
• May process check requests and expense reimbursements.
• Performs other related duties as necessary.

Education

Associate Degree in Secretarial Science

Secretarial School diploma

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Mount Sinai Health System in New York is seeking an experienced secretary to provide clerical and general office support, including word processing, typing, telephone reception, mail distribution and record keeping for an assigned department or care unit.

Responsibilities include greeting visitors, scheduling, filing, dictation typing, arranging travel, calendar management, and data gathering for reports; the role requires strong organizational skills and customer service.