Office Assistant

Job Title: Office Assistant
Location: Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Duration: 3 months (Possibility of extension)
Shift/Schedule: Flexible 40hrs/week
Pay: Up to $28/Hr. 

Job Summary:

The Office Assistant II-S (OA II-S) is assigned to specific jobs within the department. These duties include telephone reception, reading reports over the telephone to healthcare providers, printing mailing, faxing and otherwise distributing printed reports, filing and retrieving slides, tissue blocks, and other records, and typing and updating physician information in computer data base. The supervisor makes continuing or individual assignments by indicating generally what is to be done, problems to be anticipated, quantity and quality of work expected, deadlines, and priority of assignments, and suggests ways of handling and resolving problems. Additionally, supervisors provide specific instructions for new, difficult, or unusual assignments. The supervisor spot checks the work occasionally during progress, and upon completion to ensure that proper methods are being used and guidelines are being followed.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Ability to be detail-oriented and to function with interruptions.
• Ability to maintain a friendly, helpful attitude under stress.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive material.
• Ability to multi-task in a busy environment with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency.

• High School Diploma or GED.