Office Assistant

SSM Health; Jefferson City (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily Pay

Job summary

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City in Jefferson City, MO is seeking an Office Assistant to support the Operating Room and clinic with essential clerical tasks.

The role will involve greeting patients, managing charts, ordering supplies, and assisting Providers with software, with a split of time between the office and OR/Endo environments. This is a full-time daytime position with a daily-pay option.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED or 10 years of work experience.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
• Strong clerical and organizational skills.
• Ability to communicate with patients and healthcare teams.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors and screens phone calls according to protocol.
• Performs general clerical duties and maintains patient charts.
• Assists with providers' programs/software as needed.
• Maintains office inventory and orders supplies.
• Schedules appointments and manages records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organization

Clerical tasks

Education

High School diploma/GED

Tools

MS Office

Healthcare software

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

• Department: Operating Room
• Schedule: Full Time, Days
• Location: Jeff City, MO

Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. Our Office Assistant roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.

This position will assist with OR duties as well to include stocking OR rooms, ordering supplies, cleaning endoscopes between cases, etc. It would be approximately 50% in the office and 50% in the OR/Endo environment.

Daily Pay: Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

Job Summary

Supports clinic, department or program in an administrative capacity.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs duties under supervision, within well established guidelines and practical knowledge gained from experience.
• Greets patients or visitors, answers/screens/routes telephone calls, files, distributes mail and performs other general clerical duties.
• May provide assistance with programs/software for Providers. May assemble and maintain patient charts.
• Responsible for making copies, answering phones, making appointments, and maintaining records.
• May be responsible for maintaining office inventory including ordering supplies. Ensures that office equipment is in good working order and requests repairs or maintenance as needed.
• Communicates with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

• None

Department

4403000011 Operating Room

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.