Administrative Support Specialist in Portland, Oregon at Legacy Health

Administrative Support Specialist
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Job ID: 26-49444
Type: Regular Full-Time
Homebased EE Oregon

Overview

Beside our exceptional medical and administrative leaders stand assistants with superb tact, judgment and communication skills. They handle confidential and sensitive information, interact with all levels of hospital staff and coordinate a variety of department activities. If you possess these skills and want to join our mission of making life better for others, we invite you to consider this position.

Responsibilities

Provides confidential, complex and diversified support to the leadership team of the department to relieve them of administrative detail. Involves exposure to confidential and sensitive information requiring considerable use of tact, diplomacy, discretion and judgment. Responsible for a wide variety of general office duties in support of the department to include file maintenance, processing activities, supply ordering, scheduling, data input/tracking and telephone activity.

Qualifications

Education:

A minimum of a High School diploma required; related college courses preferred.

Experience:

Minimum three years of experience in an administrative support role requiring discretion, judgment and performance of a wide range of secretarial/admin support functions required. Prior experience relating to the functional area being supported by this job is preferred.

Skills:

• Requires excellent organizational, written/verbal communication and customer service skills to be able to interact effectively, tactfully and diplomatically with a broad spectrum of internal and external customers
• Advanced word processing skills. Ability to compose specialized or sensitive correspondence and reports and to edit documents for grammar, punctuation, etc.
• Working knowledge of / ability to create presentations (charts, graphs, etc.) utilizing computer software programs (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize one’s work.
• Ability to work independently utilizing sound judgment/decision making skills.
• Attention to detail and follow through.

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