UNIV - Administrative Assistant - Surgery: Trauma & Acute Care Surgery

UNIV - Administrative Assistant - Surgery: Trauma & Acute Care Surgery

The Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, is actively recruiting for an Administrative Assistant. This is an autonomous position that provides high level administrative support to surgeons within the division. The Administrative Assistant performs various duties for clinical, academic, research, and public service activities, in order to optimize time spent by these doctors on administrative matters.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for scheduling and coordinating patient surgeries, diagnostic tests, or other ancillary procedures. Also processes all disability, FMLA, work excuses and insurance requests.
• Serves as the contact person for the Division of General Surgery. The administrative assistant coordinates schedules, to include scheduling meetings and preparing travel arrangements. Maintains calendars and assembles all appropriate information for upcoming meetings; also responsible for briefing physicians prior to meetings.
• Manages and schedules clinic appointments, revises clinic schedules as necessary, reviews clinics prior to clinic date to ensure that they are scheduled appropriately. Processes clinic referral requests, new patient welcome letters, and surgery instruction letters.
• Assists office manager with physician billing ticket processing, monthly office reports and back up for the processing of the 5 scheduled ATLS courses each year.
• Coordinates all administrative requirements of faculty member: i.e. track CME credits, assist with applications and licenses, coordinate reimbursements, sort and respond to mail correspondence.

Experience with EPIC, Outlook, Word and Excel preferred.

Minimum Requirements: A high school diploma and two years work experience that is directly related to the area of employment. A bachelor's degree may be substituted for the related work experience. Some positions require a valid driver's license and good driving record; or correctable vision of 20/40 in both eyes, with or without conventional lenses, and physical qualifications in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, Section 391.41; or AAVMA certification. Some positions require eligibility for bonding.

Physical Requirements: Ability to perform job functions while standing, sitting, and walking. Ability to work indoors. Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. Ability to reach in all directions. Possess good finger dexterity. Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. Ability to hear and/or understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet. Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us! The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.