Administrative Specialist - Children's Operating Room

This will be a full time position with the following schedule: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 630AM-7:00PM schedule supporting our Childrens Operating Room(s). UNC Medical Center Children's OR is a unit with six operating suites, averaging 20-25 cases per day. Our Children's OR staff are able to work in multiple service areas, including Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, ENT, Oral Maxillofacial, Burns, Ophthalmology, General Surgery, Plastics, Urology, and Dental Surgery. The OR uses new, innovative state of the art equipment that reinforces continuous learning opportunities. The Children's OR staff are collegial and supportive of each other. Surgeons, OR staff, Anesthesia team and all ancillary services work together daily to provide high quality care for the most acute pediatric patients in North Carolina. Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Summary: Performs duties of an Administrative Associate but with some authority to step outside confines of established procedures. They are also considered the subject matter authority in the administrative area for the department/clinic.
Assisting in developing budgets, monitoring expenditures, and reconciling financial statements. Coordinating and completing special projects independently or in cooperation with other groups as assigned. Determines administrative needs and making arrangements for conferences, meetings, seminars or other related activities. Extracting and compiling data from written sources, individuals, and/or databases and providing interpretation. Managing departmental information systems. Preparing complex databases, reports, charts, graphs, spreadsheets at designated intervals as requested. Composing formal correspondence and documents for internal or external circulation. Serving as point person for all complex customer service and administrative issues. Interpreting and communicating policies/procedures to other parties based on knowledge of the organization and departmental guidelines. Assists with screening applications and conducting initial interviews of entry-level staff as needed. Investigate patient and provider complaints and provide reports with root causes and service recovery. Education Requirements: ● High School diploma or GED Licensure/Certification Requirements: ● No licensure or certification required. Professional Experience Requirements: ● Two (2) years of clerical or administrative experience ● If Bachelor's degree, no years of clerical or administrative experience ● If Associate's degree, one (1) year of clerical or administrative experience Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: ● Customer Focus: makes the customer and their needs their top priority and goes the extra mile to satisfy their customers. Demonstrates the ability to resolve customer problems. Effectively uses Microsoft office products in order to produce reports and documents. Receptive to feedback, willing to learn and embraces continuous improvement Accountability: Manages performance to meet expected results. Works to meet the internal/external customer requirements. Understands the insurance process and seeks to make the best decision/referral in the interest of the customer. Coaching: Shares information, advice and suggestions to help others to be more successful. Finds agreement on issues and follows through on implementation Solving Problems: Uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome. Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: Children's OR
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00 Salary Range: $19.12 - $27.17 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Variable Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.