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Staff Assistant, Transplant Surgery

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Department: KIDNEY TRANSPLANT (PRE)
Local Title: Staff Assistant, Transplant Surgery
Budget Title: Teaching Hospital Staff Assistant I
Work Type: Full Time
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Categories: Administrative

 

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Transplant Surgery at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Staff Assistant 1. The successful candidate will:

  • Maintain patient folders for pre-clinic.
  • Schedule pre-transplant ancillary appointments including (GYN, GI, etc.).
  • Communicate, track and follow up on patient appointments.
  • Help manage missed patient appointments by ensuring frequent follow-up communication with staff.
  • Contact patients and dialysis units for updated information. 
  • Schedule re-evaluations appointments.
  • Documents appointment schedules, no shows, re-evaluations, and comments in Trans Chart. 
  • Triage telephone calls for division. Transcribe messages accurately and deliver them in a timely manner.
  • Timely distribution of selection committee agenda to the transplant
  • Follow up on medical records requests, upload scanned documents, and relay coordinator.
  • Provide backup and assist the financial coordinator with verification of insurance/pre-authorization for transplant patients.
  • Schedule patient for re-evaluation appointments using Health Bridge scheduler and Trans Chart.
  • Provide cross coverage to staff assistants in the transplant department as needed.
  • Attend transplant Divisional meeting and conference.

Required Qualifications:

  • Associate Degree.
  • 3 to 5 years of administrative work experience. 
  • Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Strong verbal, organizational, interpersonal, communication and decision-making skills.
  • Or, a satisfactory equivalent combination of experience, training and education to the above. 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday; 9:00am to 5:00pm (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

SL-2

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu

 

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