Office Assistant
SSM Health
About the Role
Supports clinic, department, or program in an administrative capacity.
Key Responsibilities
- Performs duties under supervision and within well-established guidelines.
- Greets patients or visitors, answers/screens/routes telephone calls, files, distributes mail, and performs other general clerical duties.
- May provide assistance with programs/software for Providers.
- May assemble and maintain patient charts.
- Responsible for making copies, answering phones, making appointments, and maintaining records.
- May be responsible for maintaining office inventory, including ordering supplies.
- Ensures that office equipment is in good working order and requests repairs or maintenance as needed.
- Communicates with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.
- No experience required.
Physical Requirements
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
Qualifications
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.
- No experience required.
- Required Professional License And/Or Certifications: None.