LOCATION: Achieving Excellence

DEPARTMENT: Geisinger Office Building I Annex (Old Data Center)

WORK SCHEDULE: Days

WORK TYPE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for providing advanced administrative support to the Achieving Excellence Office. Ensures advanced administrative activities provide efficiency and organization to the Office. 

Performs duties to support the goals and objectives of Geisinger in its efforts to provide quality patient care and patient satisfaction. 

Works under the general supervision of Vice President, Achieving Excellence.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

*Reviews and provides direction for principal's mail. Answers and coordinates responses when appropriate; filters/delegates when necessary. Collects, composes, types and distributes forms, lists, memos, routine and confidential correspondence as requested. 

*Schedules internal meetings, meeting rooms, conference calls, equipment, catering as requested; Assembles necessary background materials as requested; Participates in office meetings, prepares agendas and handouts for Office and associated meetings; Manages Sharepoint, project trackers and other resources to support Office objectives and activities. 

*Relies on experience and judgment to independently plan and accomplish assigned tasks and goals. 

*Coordinates work projects, edits correspondence, researches information and prepares complex reports on significant matter for executive level review. 

*Uses independent judgment to carry out succession steps and handle problems and deviations in accordance with precedent and interpretation of resource information, including policies and regulations. 

*Prepares confidential administrative correspondence and reports to top level executives, individual Board members and Board subcommittees. 

*Handles complex and sensitive operational issues and provides conflict resolution. 

*Performs other duties as required or assigned by emergency or other operational reasons for which the employee is qualified to perform. 

*Denotes essential job duties

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION-Ability to carry out ongoing office administration tasks effectively and efficiently in support of local and remote teams. 

INDEPENDENT WORK-Demonstrates ability to work independently or with limited supervision. 

TIME MANAGEMENT-Time management refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. This set encompass a wide scope of activities, and these include planning, allocating, setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent, monitoring, organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing. 

ADVANCED COMPUTER SKILLS-Working Knowledge including but not limited to the Following: Microsoft Operating System and Network Operating System (NOS), Novell Netware, Unix Operating System, Citrix, SharePoint, etc.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Associates degree required. 

5 years of secretarial experience required. Experience may be in lieu of a degree. 

Advanced or Complex office experience required

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work is typically performed in an office environment 

Work involves lifting up to 20 lbs. occasionally or often

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.

ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.  We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

*Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit.