Business Support Coordinator: Cardiovascular Administration
About The Position
MU Health Care is looking for a highly organized, proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment and takes pride in keeping complex operations running smoothly. The ideal candidate is detail-driven, fiscally savvy, and confident using independent judgment to manage sensitive information, processes, and priorities with accuracy and discretion. This role is well suited for someone who naturally anticipates needs, solves problems before they escalate, and builds strong, service-oriented relationships across teams and external partners. We value a candidate who is adaptable, tech‑comfortable, and energized by balancing structure with variety while supporting leaders and initiatives that directly impact patient care. If you bring accountability, initiative, and a calm, solutions-focused mindset to everything you do, MU Health Care offers an opportunity to make a visible, meaningful impact every day. MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine. Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way. Assist unit management in business or fiscal administration for the unit. Provide high-level support in the processing, documentation, and monitoring of unit budgets, funding, grants, contracts, payroll, employment, travel, billing, and/or purchasing. May independently or under the guidance of MU Health Care professionals establish internal accounts and record-keeping systems, and establish needed accounting support via MU Health Care information systems. May assist in unit efforts to acquire alternate sources of funding. Oversee and/or perform a range of diverse administrative activities for the department or organizational unit; serve as a central liaison with other departments and external constituencies in the resolution of a variety of day-to-day matters concerning the unit. Perform varied, advanced secretarial and administrative work unique to the operating unit requiring initiative and independent judgment. May provide secretarial support to unit manager (e.g., typing, calendar management, office reception, and writing original correspondence). Schedule and/or assist with events, functions, conferences, and/or projects. May develop a marketing plan and associated materials. Coordinate the documentation and processing of routine personnel actions. Review actions for budget impact, authorization, and compliance with campus policy. Bring variances to unit management's attention for authorization or modification. Ensure proper coding of personnel actions for MU Health Care information systems and reporting. May complete unit/department-specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.
Requirements
- Associate's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired.
- Two (2) years of experience in related field.
Nice To Haves
- Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Responsibilities
- Assist unit management in business or fiscal administration for the unit.
- Provide high-level support in the processing, documentation, and monitoring of unit budgets, funding, grants, contracts, payroll, employment, travel, billing, and/or purchasing.
- Independently or under the guidance of MU Health Care professionals establish internal accounts and record-keeping systems, and establish needed accounting support via MU Health Care information systems.
- Assist in unit efforts to acquire alternate sources of funding.
- Oversee and/or perform a range of diverse administrative activities for the department or organizational unit.
- Serve as a central liaison with other departments and external constituencies in the resolution of a variety of day-to-day matters concerning the unit.
- Perform varied, advanced secretarial and administrative work unique to the operating unit requiring initiative and independent judgment.
- Provide secretarial support to unit manager (e.g., typing, calendar management, office reception, and writing original correspondence).
- Schedule and/or assist with events, functions, conferences, and/or projects.
- Develop a marketing plan and associated materials.
- Coordinate the documentation and processing of routine personnel actions.
- Review actions for budget impact, authorization, and compliance with campus policy.
- Bring variances to unit management's attention for authorization or modification.
- Ensure proper coding of personnel actions for MU Health Care information systems and reporting.
- Complete unit/department-specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.
Benefits
- Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
- Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
- Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
- Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
- Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
