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Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

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Jamaica Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an Administrative Assistant position with our Respiratory Care team! The Administrative Assistant will be reporting to and supporting the Director of Respiratory Care in general office functions.

Additional Responsibilities Include:

  • Liaison between Respiratory Care department, all physicians, billing, admitting and other service areas.
  • Organizing and coordinating patient test appointments, insurance pre-authorizations, patient registrations and result distribution for the Sleep Lab, Pulmonary Lab and Respiratory Care.
  • Responsible for coordinating all aspects of clinical rotations of Respiratory Therapy students from multiple schools to ensure compliance with educational and documentation requirements.
  • Coordinate Respiratory Therapy student health assessments, clinical work assignments and clinical dates (schedules) as well as involved in student final evaluations.
  • Provide administrative support for subcommittee meetings in preparing minutes and distributing to hospital leadership.
  • Additional admin support includes filing, dictation, billing, payroll, scheduling, statistics and record keeping, and provide clerical support on special projects.

For additional information on our Respiratory Care Department, please visit our website at https://jamaicahospital.org/clinical-services/respiratory-care/

Work Life Balance/ Competitive Salary / Great Location / Easy commute by Train or Car.

Employees of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center are committed to serving our patients and the community in a way that is second to none by embracing a compassionate care environment throughout our entire organization. We are a caring group of colleagues, passionate for creating positive patient and colleague interactions by fostering a culture that respects and embraces diversity and inclusion. If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others and share our same values, we welcome you to join our JHMC family!

Requirements
  • Associates degree minimum requirement.
  • 2+ years of administrative assistant C-level experience.
  • Technical knowledge in Microsoft Office (Work, Excel, & Power Point).
  • Understand medical terminology and have knowledge of business correspondence format.
  • A pleasant office demeanor with excellent phone etiquette is essential.
  • Proficiency with the Epic electronic health record system, including the Cadence appointment module, will be expected once training is complete.
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