Executive Assistant
Job Description
Job Summary:
The primary responsibility of the Executive Assistant to the President is to provide support in all areas of a President business life. The Executive Assistant provides high level administrative support that involves preparing reports and memorandum, scheduling meetings, planning business trips, answering telephone calls and managing information requests by the President. Ensuring the President’s schedule runs smoothly is the top priority of an Executive Assistant. This involves preparing reports prior to meetings, scheduling appointments and managing the President’s calendar. The Executive Assistant handles a high level of confidential information which requires discretion and diplomacy.
The Executive Assistant interacts with the Board of Directors, scheduling meetings, answering general queries from Board members, distributing and taking notes during meetings and sending materials for review before meetings. This position may also be required to work nights and weekends.
Essential Functions:
- The Executive Assistant supports multifaceted needs for the President: including calendars, general office responsibilities, minute taking, meeting packet preparation and event planning.
- Coordinates CEO schedule; distributes mail; takes initiative to identify issues and to solve problems.
- Primary Contact ("gatekeeper") for
Administration includes but not limited to:
- Receive and distribute messages, Screen phone calls, handling credentialing inquiries, Serve as initial contact for Administration and triage requests, and Coordinate Conference calls.
- Administrative meeting
coordination (to include, but not limited to:
- Assembly of Overseers, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Joint Executive. Committee/Strategic Planning Committee:
- Conference room setup includes audio/visual needs, coordinating dietary requests, minute taking and preparation, and preparing information/packets to be distributed prior to the meeting.
- Ability to handle complex organizational arrangements, documentation, and requests from multiple committees and/or individuals.
- Maintains organization structure: Hospital organization charts.
- Maintains orderly departmental files, including up-to-date minutes notebooks.
- Coordinate outside meetings, including registration and travel arrangements.
Essential Qualifications: Degree in business or health-related field preferred. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate professionally, both verbally and in writing. The ability to work independently and to exhibit a high degree of responsibility for confidential matters, highly organized, resourceful, motivated self-starter with excellent follow-through. Ability to adapt to sudden changes in priorities and procedures. Demonstrates the ability to work in a fast-paced, complex health care setting. Appreciate principles related to the release of information and handle confidential information in a professional manner. Work Experience Previous experience in health care management for 5-8 years, required. Computer literacy: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
About NCHHHA:
North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency (NCHHHA), based in Littleton, NH, serves residents of Coos and Grafton Counties. Compassionate, patient-focused services include Home Care, Palliative Care, and Hospice Care. Home care offerings include, but may not be limited to, skilled observation and assessment, nursing care management, disease management, surgical aftercare, wound care, injections and IV therapy, maternal and baby health, pediatric care, rehabilitative services, and therapeutic assessment and rehabilitation planning specific to the home. Palliative care services include in-home consultation with a provider and/or Medical Social Worker, advanced care planning, symptom management recommendations, social and spiritual support, and bereavement and grief support. Hospice care includes a certified hospice nursing assessment, 24/7 clinical support, in-home provider visits for pain and symptom management, medical supplies, equipment and hospice medications, volunteer support and companionship, social and spiritual support, and bereavement and grief support. A proud partner of North Country Healthcare (NCH), NCHHHA is a Medicare-certified, non-profit organization and a member agency of the Home Care Association of NH.
About North Country Healthcare (NCH):
North Country Healthcare is a non-profit affiliation of four medical facilities, Androscoggin Valley Hospital, North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital, and Weeks Medical Center, located in the White Mountains Region of New Hampshire. NCH includes numerous physicians and medical providers at multiple locations. This leading comprehensive healthcare network which employs hundreds of highly-trained individuals delivers integrated patient care through three community hospitals, specialty clinics, and home health and hospice services. NCH remains committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.
North Country Healthcare is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to the Human Resources department at the affiliate to which you are applying.
Application Instructions
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Apply OnlinePosted: 10/9/2024
Job Status: Full Time
Job Reference #: 12ef12ab-cc68-4cc8-9583-10d89e8dbe87