The Technical Assistant is responsible for providing administrative and secretarial support for the Director, Managers, Clinical Coordinators and staff of one or more departments. including record and manual maintenance, establishing essential presentations and databases, extensive travel arrangements and first line interactions regarding internal/external customer concerns.
Essential Job Functions
• Maintains department(s) databases, primary records,
manuals, and reference materials. Duties include system maintenance and data
integrity for multiple system applications which may reside on more than one
information system. Designs and produces correspondence, memorandums,
documents, forms, newsletters, reports, metrics, and data graphs for projects
and programs based on needs identified by the staff and leadership for the
department(s) and/or organization.
• Provides administrative and secretarial support to Directors, Managers,
Clinical Coordinators and their staff for one or more departments including
receiving and assisting visitors/callers, file and record management,
telephones, meeting preparation and minutes, etc. Coordinates functions for
identified department staff including physicians if applicable. Duties may
include but are not limited to:
• Coordinating and maintaining appointment calendars.
• Arranging meetings and preparing agendas, meeting notices and presentation
materials.
• Attend and transcribe meeting minutes.
• May monitor allocation of expenses to appropriate cost centers.
• Obtaining special services as needed.
• Appropriate supply maintenance.
• Site, material, and equipment preparation for events, meetings, educational
offerings and presentations.
• May assist in collating and scheduling department evaluations for Director
and Managers.
• Responsible for arrangement, typing, distribution and maintenance/revision of
Billings Clinic policies and procedures. Coordinates with management staff to
revise policies and procedures (department-specific and hospital-wide).
• Coordinate with and assist Directors, Managers, Clinical Coordinators and
their staff with travel arrangements including but not limited to:
• Research costs and assist with initial paperwork for request for travel.
• Complete Billings Clinic Business Travel/Education Expense form, including
estimated expenses.
• Work with outside vendors to arrange approved travel expenses (i.e. hotel,
airline reservations, registration).
• Obtain necessary signatures for approval; submit expense forms to accounting
to request pre-payment of approved hotel, airline, and registration expenses.
• Complete “Actual Expenses” portion of the Billings Clinic Business
Travel/Education Expense form. Submit airline ticket stubs, detail of hotel
charges, and receipts for reimbursable expenses to Accounting and other
entities if applicable.
• Performs other duties as assigned or as needed to meet the needs of the
department/organization including but not limited to:
• Communicates appropriately with internal/external customers to identify
concerns and issues, identifies routing to appropriate resources, and follows
up to ensure all matters requiring attention are addressed promptly and
efficiently.
• May assist with work across departmental lines as needed to meet
organizational needs.
• Acts as a resource to Billings Clinic Leadership and Supervisory staff.
• Identifies needs and sets goals for own growth and development; meets all
mandatory system/departmental requirements.
• Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency
requirements relevant to job performance.
• May represent department in delegated committees and meetings.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
• High School or GED
Experience
• 1 year of progressive experience in coordinating
activities and information/data maintenance preferably in a health care field.
Prior experience must also have included interactive responsibilities with
staff and public.