Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

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

MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

As an Administrative Assistant, you will play a critical role in supporting senior leadership by managing complex schedules, coordinating meetings and travel arrangements, preparing presentations and business communications, and facilitating day-to-day executive operations. This position requires exceptional organizational skills, sound judgment, and the ability to balance multiple priorities while serving as a trusted point of contact for leaders, colleagues, and external partners. You will also oversee administrative and financial processes, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.

Schedule: This is a full-time position, working Monday- Friday, no nights, weekends or holidays.

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Job Summary:

Supports a Regional or System Director, or multiple department leaders in an administrative capacity. May support multiple departments.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides assistance and serves as a subject matter expert for other administrative staff.
• Utilizes specific job related skills, training and knowledge to work on assignments or special projects. May work on process improvement initiatives or work flow enhancements.
• May work on assignments or projects of a confidential nature.
• Compiles information for reports or presentations. Prepares charts, graphs, or tables.
• May be responsible for budget tracking and maintaining financial or personnel records and databases.
• Responds to correspondence. Edits and proofreads documents.
• Communicates with others in person, telephone, and/or email. May receive and screen visitors and handles general inquiries.
• Assists with preparing for and facilitating meetings, conferences, programs and/or special events.
• Establishes and maintains filing systems. Orders and stocks supplies.
• May enter information from a variety of sources into computer database(s) and verify data entered into computer by checking printouts/reports for errors and correcting as required.
• Works within established procedures and a moderate degree of supervision.
• Possesses advanced skills to perform support work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

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

EXPERIENCE

• Two years' related 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: 8050000125 CMC Administration

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

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