Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories seeks an Administrative Assistant for their Pathology department responsible for providing administrative support and developing workflow process and systems. Major accountabilities include:

• Composes correspondence without draft contents.
• Coordinates travel arrangements and other duties or projects as needed.
• Enters data into a database, provides summary reports, and adds fields as necessary.
• Schedules meetings and appointments. Transcribes minutes of meetings.
• Answers, screens, and initiates phone calls rerouting inquiries for department.
• Coordinates gathering of input, documents, etc. from single sources for reports and presentations.

Qualifications:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:

• Preferred: Associate's Degree.

Technical Requirements:

• Minimum: Intermediate Word, Excel and Outlook skills Minimum 45 wpm keyboarding / typing speed.
• Preferred: Microsoft PowerPoint.

Years of Related Work Experience:

• Minimum: 1-3 years.

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love. Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work. Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter. *Pay for non-physician positions is determined based on related years of experience and internal equity. Eligible employees may also receive additional forms of compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, incentive pay, and bonus opportunities, where applicable. Manager and above positions may participate in Cottage Health's annual management incentive program. Physician compensation is determined based upon specialty and may include bonus potential. For more information on our comprehensive Total Rewards offerings, please visit If you're already a Cottage Health employee, please apply on this link only.