Senior Administrative Assistant

Banner Health•Glendale, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work®, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care. Step into a high-impact role where your organizational mastery directly enables Banner Health's senior leadership to drive our mission forward. This isn't your typical administrative position—you'll serve as a trusted strategic partner, exercising independent judgment on complex matters, orchestrating high-stakes meetings and travel, and serving as the vital connection point across our entire organization from board members to community leaders. If you're ready to transform administrative support into strategic impact and represent Banner Health's commitment to service excellence, this is your moment to shine. Join us and become the indispensable partner that makes leadership success possible—apply today and elevate your career to the executive level. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30AM to 4:15PM Banner Health’s premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Children’s Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience. Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring, we invite you to bring your experience and skills to Banner Thunderbird.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
A strong working knowledge of administrative/specialized business support services as normally demonstrated through three to four years administrative support experience at a progressively responsible level required.
Must have written communication skills to edit and proofread business correspondence and reports.
Also requires the ability to type accurately and efficiently from rough draft and machine transcription or personal dictation, involving standard business vocabulary, using common word processing programs.
Must have the ability to acquire and utilize a thorough knowledge of organization policies, practices, and operations and oral communication skills to perform routine administrative details, such as arranging meetings, responding to non-routine inquires from telephone callers or visitors, and gathering background information for sensitive or confidential reports.
Must have the ability to analyze routine administrative details of limited complexity, such as resolving minor scheduling conflicts, redirecting mail, etc.
Must have excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills to effectively interact with all levels of the organization.
Must possess the ability to convey a professional image, as well as, effectively represent the organization as appropriate in its relationship with external customers.
Must have a working knowledge of personal software packages to perform the administrative functions described above.
Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Handles a wide variety of situations and conflicts involving the clerical and administrative function of the office, which often can not be brought to the attention of the executive. This includes summarizing the content of incoming materials, specially gathered information, or meetings to assist their supervisor; coordinating the new information with background office sources; and drawing attention to important aspects or conflict.
Interprets request and helps implement action, as well as decides whether the executive should be notified of important or emergency matters, as needed. In the absence of their supervisor, ensures that requests for action or information are relayed to the appropriate staff member.
Coordinates, handles, and/or completes recurring projects or one-time projects, as directed by supervisor.
Screens telephone calls and visitors, ascertaining who can be redirected to subordinate management. Provides information to callers, including key internal or external sources, which requires comprehensive knowledge of organization policies, practices and operations.
Maintains supervisor's calendar, regularly arranging meetings, conferences, and appointments without clearance. Arranges hotel and travel accommodations for frequent, extended trips.
Prepares special or one time reports, presentation materials, summaries, or replies to inquiries, selecting relevant information from a variety of sources. May assist in the research, analysis and interpretation of data under the direction of management.
Performs a broad range of administrative support details on a regular basis, requiring initiative and judgment to make independent decisions for which probable errors may have moderate effect on cost impacts on organizational outcomes.
May hire, train, conduct performance reviews, and direct the workflow for the department staff. This includes completing projects by assigning work to clerical staff and following-up on results.
This position primarily focuses on the operations of the office of the senior leaders. Responsibilities extend across organizational lines, requiring extensive interaction and involvement throughout the system/facility, as well as the community. This position routinely interacts with senior leaders, board members, physicians, patients, board members, employees, the media, as well as business and community leaders.