Office Coordinator - Cardiothoracic Surgery

Position Summary

Directs office functions, provides supervision to secretarial and/or administrative staff, performs specialized and/or technical duties with minimum supervision and serves as liaison between division and department business staff through sound business and optimal staffing practices.

SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

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• Supervises all administrative functions of the Division including facilitating the creation and implementation of policies, procedures and office practices.
• Interviews potential individuals for staff vacancies within the Division. Resolves personnel issues such as employee complaints and conflicts and handles necessary terminations. Assists with issues regarding benefits.
• Supervises, trains, provides input on job responsibilities and provides direction to staff. Works with physicians for annual review and evaluation of staff.
• Approves and submits time sheets to payroll.
• Acts as purchasing liaison with the business office. Reviews charges and directs to appropriate accounts. Maintains procurement card for Division and reconciles all charges to appropriate accounts.
• Conducts regular staff meetings and attends Division faculty meeting.
• Acts as liaison between patients, physicians and staff, providing routine information to patient inquiries as well as handling and protecting confidential patient information.
• Acts as Residency Coordinator for Fellowship program. Maintains policies and procedures, call schedule, duty hours, surgical logs, evaluations and files for each of the Department residents as well as for the Program in general.
• Oversees and facilitates with business office, the marketing needs of the Division.
• Maintains established departmental and university policies, procedures and objectives, including regulatory records for license, reports, and notifications as necessary.
• Monitors the general maintenance of the building, notifies maintenance of problems, places work orders, and follows up with housekeeping on the completion of tasks.
• Coordinates Division Chief’s and staff physicians’ clinical activities, schedules meetings, arranges conference calls, reserves catering services, makes travel arrangements and completes travel expense reports.
• Administers/prepares reports, minutes, Division Chief’s correspondence and manuscripts, Research Management System (RMS), lectures and administrative materials required for the direction of the department.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment.

• Typically sitting at desk or table.
• Repetitive wrist, hand, or finger movement.

• Office equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Associate degree or combination of education and experience may substitute for minimum education.

No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

University/Medical Environment (2 Years)

Not Applicable

A driver's license is not required for this position.

WashU seeks highly motivated individuals who are able to perform duties in a manner consistent with our core mission and guiding principles.

No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

No additional certification/professional licenses…