Sr Administrative Assistant, Pathology

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Job Summary 

UT Southwestern Medical Center is hiring a Senior Administrative Assistant, Pathology.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, maintaining faculty calendars, appointments and coordinating meeting schedules; handling office procurement; processing faculty travel and expense and associated reimbursements; facility arrangement; taking meeting set-up, minutes. Also responsible for inventory, tracking and filing slides post-test completion; serving as liaison and coordination of consultation requests from outside facilities; delivery of clinical reports to HIM for upload into hospital EPIC system; communicate and follow-up with physicians to ensure patient documents are complete prior to testing. This position will also act as lab customer service representative and routinely check emails for test requests and provide patient progress status updates to clinicians. Assist director with research activities and growing consult practice responsibilities, along with support of 3 other Pathologists. This administrator will also act as liaison to assist Anatomic Pathology Director and Department QGenda Specialist with the development and related maintenance, of the Master Surgical Pathology on-call schedules that sets the QGenda rotation schedule for our anatomic pathologists at Clements and Parkland Hospitals. 

Experience and Education 

• High school graduation or GED and three (3) years related secretarial/administrative experience
• May consider higher education completed in lieu of minimum requirements

 Job Duties 

• Relieves supervisor of variety of administrative duties, which involve thorough understanding of functions, programs, and policies of organization; may coordinate day to day operations of office; makes recommendations for changes to procedures
• Prepares or assists in preparation of grant applications, grant budgets, manuscripts, book chapters, etc.; ensures proper format, grammar, and completeness
• Functions as liaison with other departments, including Human Resources, Telecommunications, Physical Plant, Purchasing, and Accounting; prepares on line and paper documents as needed
• Completes and coordinates complex projects and reports as assigned by supervisor, which may require significant contact with other departments and outside organizations and use of various computer software applications
• Composes and/or types letters, memorandums, and other non routine and moderately complex correspondence, which does not require attention of supervisor
• Maintains sub-ledgers and ledgers for various accounts, including reviewing expenditures and encumbrances, reconciling accounts, and ensuring appropriate use of funds
• Plans and coordinates projects, such as meetings, appointments, conferences, seminars, and workshops; arranges for meeting facilities, hotel accommodation, transportation, refreshments, luncheons, banquets, receptions, etc.; develops and arranges printing of brochures; handles finances for program, including determination of charge to sponsoring department; establishes registration fees; processes all vouchers relating to event
• Takes, transcribes, and distributes minutes for meetings
• May transcribe dictation of medical or scientific terminology; ensures correct format, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Performs other duties as assigned

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/ 

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community.  As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.