Administrative Secretary Job at Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI

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Job Description

Under direct supervision from a leader on the Leadership Salary Plan grade up to and including M07, performs secretarial duties such as typing routine correspondence and forms, maintaining files, distributing mail, and so forth. Work is planned and checked by supervisor. Uses discretion and judgment when screening visitors and telephone calls, making necessary grammatical or spelling changes in correspondence, and organizing own work load to meet established priorities.


PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Types memos, correspondence, reports and various routine forms, and makes changes in grammar, punctuation or spelling as needed. Organizes workload to comply with deadlines and established priorities.
  • Maintains non-complex departmental record keeping and filing systems, including records related to personnel, payroll, attendance, work and purchase orders, and so forth.
  • Receives and screens visitors and telephone calls and notifies appropriate personnel or records messages. Responds to general inquiries concerning department/unit activities and operations by relating to established policies and procedures.
  • Maintains department calendar. Schedules meetings and appointments. Makes routine travel or conference arrangements as necessary.
  • Opens, sorts, records and distributes mail.
  • Posts information to records and logs, maintains established files, and prepares various ad hoc reports according to directions from supervisor.
  • Performs related general office duties, such as monitoring and ordering standard supplies, operating office copier, collating and assembling documents, accepting and delivering interdepartmental correspondence, and so forth.
  • May be responsible for performing duties such as typing patient related documents, gathering information from patients to relate to physicians, maintaining patient files, and scheduling patient for surgery, tests and appointments.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

  • Requires a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
  • One (1) year of experience within an office setting preferred.
  • Literacy and experience working with Microsoft Software Programs required.
  • Previous experience scheduling appointments/maintaining calendars preferred.
  • Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate effectively with callers and visitors, and provide information requiring ordinary courtesy and tact.
  • Ability to distribute departmental mail and other materials.

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a

$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites

including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and

other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system

now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one

of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the

health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s

major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and

remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical

education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing

in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,

pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visit HenryFord.com.

Benefits

Whether it's offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or

making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it's all about choice. Henry

Ford Health has a new approach for its employee benefits program - My Choice

Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are

dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance

and learning - options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an

employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program

(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness, and a whole host of other benefits and services. Employee's classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

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