Administrative Assistant - Nurse Float Pool - St. Luke's Hospital

• JOB SUMMARY
  • The Administrative Assistant-Nursing, under the direction of the Administrative Supervisor, performs a variety of duties in support of nursing delivery of patient care and allocation and accounting of staffing resources.
• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
  • Education: High School diploma or equivalent.
    Experience: N/A
    Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Education: Associates Degree from business or technical school.
    Experience: Previous clerical/administrative experience.
    Licensure/Certification/Registration: N/A
• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
  • Knowledge of clerical and general office principles and responsibilities; good to excellent computer operation and word processing skills, use of electronic databases. Good organizational and communication skills; ability to perform and prioritize detailed work independently. Ability to take the initiative for jobs needing to be done. Extensive ability to maintain confidentiality of privileged information; work with people in a professional, courteous and tactful manner and exercise good judgment.
  • READING - Basic: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
  • WRITING - Basic: Ability to write simple correspondence.
  • SPEAKING - Basic: Ability to speak simple sentences.
  • MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Basic Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
  • REASONING ABILITY - Basic Skills: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional variables.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT
  • PHYSICAL DEMANDS
    • Ability to do bending, walking, and sitting for an eight (8) hour period and lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds
    • Stand - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
    • Walk - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
    • Sit - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
    • Use hands to finger, handle, or feel - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)
    • Reach with hands and arms - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
    • Stoop, squat, kneel, or crouch - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
    • Bending-repetitive forward - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)
    • Talk or hear - Continuously Over 2/3 (5.5 – 8 hours)

  • LIFTING REQUIREMENTS

    • Up to 10 pounds - Frequently 1/3 to 2/3 (2.5 – 5.5 hours)
    • Up to 25 pounds - Occasionally Under 1/3 (1-2.5 hours)

  • WORK ENVIRONMENT

    • Typical Noise Level - Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)

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