Secretary

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN is seeking an articulate administrative assistant to provide clerical and general office support for department operations. You will generate reports, assist with correspondence, and help ensure smooth daily workflows.

The role emphasizes strong organizational and communication skills, accuracy in record-keeping, and proficiency with standard office software. Experience in medical terminology is a plus but not required.

Qualifications

• 2 year secretarial and/or office experience.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Computer proficiency with different office applications.
• Typing speed 40 WPM.

Responsibilities

• Provides clerical, administrative and general office support for department operations.
• Generates reports, spreadsheets, correspondence, presentations, and other documents.
• Responds to calls and inquiries, providing information or routing to staff.
• Attends meetings, records minutes, coordinates materials, and supports attendees.
• Completes assigned goals.

Skills

Typing speed 40 WPM

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Job description

Job Summary

Provides clerical, administrative and general office support for efficient department operations. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Performs activities within established guidelines to support department operations.
• Provides secretarial support to facilitate smooth operation of the department.
• Uses a variety of computer software/applications as necessary to generate reports, spreadsheets, correspondence, presentations, and other pertinent documents or written materials.
• Responds to a wide variety of calls and/or inquiries for purpose of providing information, resolving problems/issues where appropriate, and/or referring to appropriate staff members.
• Attends meetings and other required functions for the purpose of recording minutes, coordinating materials distribution, and/or supporting the needs of other attendees.
• Completes assigned goals.

Experience

Minimum Required

• 2 year secretarial and/or office experience.

Preferred/Desired

• Knowledge of medical terminology where appropriate.

Education

Minimum Required

• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties.

Special Skills

Minimum Required

• Must possess excellent organizational and communication skills both written and verbal). Must also possess computer proficiency working with different office applications. 40 WPM typing speed.