Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Job Overview

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for an full-time Administrative Assistant to support our Finance and Human Resource Departments at Shriners Children's Philadelphia.

Responsibilities

The Department Administrative Assistant supports the team through performing clerical functions such as creating letters and spreadsheets, maintaining Outlook calendars for the team, ordering supplies and supporting the leader and department. Specific tasks include answering the department phone, reserving conference rooms, preparing reports, compliance tracking and various other duties as assigned. This position supports both our Market Director of Human Resources and the Director of Fiscal Services equally.

•  Handles sensitive data with care and maintains confidentiality.
•  Assists the Market Director of Human Resources in coordination of various HR/Community Organizations meetings held at Shriners. (i.e. Healthy Community Forum, Soroptimist)
•  Assumes other duties as assigned to ensure service from the Fiscal Services and Human Resources Department are at the optimum level.
•  Demonstrates effective verbal communication with staff by presenting a positive and polite demeanor at all times.
•  Demonstrates the ability to professionally interact and communicate appropriately with staff, patients, families, and visitors.
•  Consistent with position and level of responsibility, demonstrates knowledge of and application of sound financial management.
•  Performs duties in a self-directed manner with minimal supervision or direction according to defined level of responsibility.
•  Attends and actively participates in designated Hospital and departmental meetings and training classes.

Qualifications

Education

High School diploma preferred 

Skills and Experience

3-5 years administrative experience in a healthcare setting preferred

Intermediate level of experience with Microsoft Suite of products

Shriners Children’s is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace. 

Shriners Children’s values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

In accordance with local and system policies, all SHC employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to be eligible for hire.