Department Assistant

Texas Children's Hospital • Houston, TX

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About The Position

We're searching for a Department Assistant - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide departmental support, which could include administrative support for Assistant Directors and/or other faculty/physicians and leaders.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent Required
• 2 Years Administrative/Secretarial Experience, preferably in a Healthcare Environment

Responsibilities

• Provides office services support.
• Answers telephones in a professional manner, takes accurate messages and transfers calls to the appropriate party in a courteous and timely manner.
• Develops and maintains a system for tracking and restocking office supply inventory that ensures a constant and adequate supply of necessary operational supplies required for personnel and for all office machines and stores them in an orderly, easily retrievable manner.
• Coordinates daily general communications functions including timely pick-up, delivery and distribution of departmental mail, accurate preparation of outgoing mail, courier and other mail media items for departmental personnel; reliably handling e-mail and facsimile correspondence as directed.
• Maintains in stock and in an orderly manner the coffee and other food supplies provided by department, and ensures maintenance of general cleanliness of department, including scheduling of routine and/or needed maintenance of facilities (carpets, walls, etc.), machines, etc.
• Performs department specific customer service functions.
• Orders and maintains appropriate par levels of office supplies and manages within budget.
• Completes assigned tasks for onboarding of new employees.
• Performs administrative duties.
• Performs other essential job-related functions.
• Performs scheduling tasks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees