Temp - Administrative - Executive Assistant (Days) Dallas, TX

Title: Temp - Administrative - Executive Assistant (Days) Dallas, TX

Description: LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY! MUST LIVE WITHIN 60 MILES OF THE HOSPITAL!

Performs complex
administrative office duties involving report generation, budgetary assistance
and completing special projects in order to provide secretarial services to
executives at the Vice President and Senior Vice President (VP/SVP) level
within the organization.


Responsibilities
1. Maintain VP/SVP's calendar, scheduling meetings and appointments as requested.
2. Plans, coordinates and participates in administrative meetings, schedules meeting rooms; orders catering; prepares agendas; does timely mail-outs; takes and transcribes minutes; coordinates follow-up actions; and works directly with Committee Chairs, as needed.
3. Provides polite, courteous and professional reception and telephone service; tactfully determines nature and urgency of business; answers inquiries and resolves conflicts independently whenever possible using own judgment and knowledge of hospital operations; refers to appropriate person if necessary.
4. Reads incoming correspondence; determines deadlines and suspense dates; checks accuracy of documents requiring the VP/SVP's signature; summarizes content if needed; provides necessary backup material for VP/SVP's review; offers advice or initiates reply if appropriate; and coordinates follow-up as necessary.
5. Composes correspondence requiring understanding of hospital operations and policies; researches and prepares special projects or presentations; initiates and maintains large and complex paper and electronic filing systems, develops method for organizing and retrieving information.
6. Makes travel arrangements for individual VP/SVP's or groups, arranging travel, lodging, conference rooms, catering, audio-visual equipment.
7. In the VP/SVP's absence, responds to requests for action or information; if necessary, relays to the appropriate staff member; intercepts requests and helps implement action; insures timely response; decides whether VP/SVP should be notified of important or emergency matters.
8. Organizes and expedites the flow of work through supervisor's office, initiating follow-up actions as required, to reduce unnecessary interaction with supervisor in routine matters.
9. Performs all duties in a manner that protects the confidentiality of patients and does not solicit or disclose any confidential information unless it is necessary in the performance of assigned job duties.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.