Administrative Assistant I - Pulmonary Function Lab

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Duties

As an integral member of the Toronto General Hospital - Pulmonary Function Lab, the Administrative Assistant I plays a key role in supporting daily operations, coordinating patient scheduling, and ensuring accurate documentation. This position contributes to the smooth delivery of respiratory care services through effective communication and organizational skills.

To be considered for this role, you must have significant experience in managing time and tasks within an extremely busy professional office and clinic environment, and have the ability to focus on the priorities of a rapidly changing day. You have excellent MS Office applications skills, especially Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, experience in scheduling patient appointments and overseeing patient chart management; superb organizational skills and the ability to multitask effectively. Drawing upon secretarial experience to provide efficient and effective front desk responsibilities, including strong proficiency in using a health information system digital patient record (i.e. Epic) supporting reception responsibilities for all patients (in-person and virtual visits);

The successful incumbent will show initiative and work well with a wide range of people throughout the organization. They will also be insightful, mature and tactful, remain calm under pressure and confident in their capability to perform well in the job and make it their own.

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.