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DEPARTMENT SECRETARY at University of New Mexico - Hospitals

University of New Mexico - Hospitals No longer available $17+/hour

Job Description

Minimum Offer

$ 17.86/hr.

Maximum Offer

$ 24.47/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: MDC-Medication Assisted Trtmt

FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days

Position Summary:
Provide secretarial, clerical and administrative support services such as answering multiple phone lines, preparing correspondence in final form, receiving visitors, distributing reports, scheduling meetings, maintaining files and accomplishing special projects as required. Responsible for managing Hospitals' confidential information such as employee information, performance management, legal and regulatory compliance. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. No patient care assignment.

Detailed responsibilities:
CALLS - Accept and screen telephone calls for supervisor and department staff or route calls appropriately
CONTACTS - Engage in a variety of contacts outside the department and the Hospitals in order to obtain information and arrange meetings
CUSTOMER RELATIONS - Establish and maintain good rapport and effective working relationships with patients, visitors, physicians and Hospitals employees
EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - Operate and maintain a variety of office equipment; obtain and maintain office equipment supplies
FILING - Classify, sort and file correspondence, records and other documents
INQUIRIES - Answer inquiries concerning activities and operations of department by referring to and interpreting policies and procedures
MAIL - Open sort, review and distribute mail and prepare responses to routine inquiries
QUALITY SERVICE - Deliver quality service and act in a positive way with all customers to complete assigned functions; identify, recommend and implement opportunities for continuous improvement
PAYROLL - Prepare and submit time to payroll system biweekly
RECORDS - Establish, maintain and revise recordkeeping and filing systems
REPORTS - Prepare a variety of administrative reports, statements and rosters; gather data and other necessary information; distribute reports
SCHEDULING - Arrange meetings and conferences, schedule interviews and appointments and perform other duties related to maintaining supervisor's personal schedule
SUPPLIES - Order office supplies and place items in proper storage areas
TYPING - Perform a wide variety of typing assignments which are often confidential in nature
DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable

Qualifications

Education:
Essential:
High School or GED Equivalent

Experience:
Essential:
Computer word processing program experience or education 3 years directly related experience

Nonessential:
Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo

Credentials:
Essential:
Not Applicable/Not Required

Physical Conditions:
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Working conditions:
Essential:
No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment
Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Department: Administrative Services Clerical

$35k is below typical pay for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive nationally

National salary averages
$35k
↓ 24% vs typical mid-level
Entry
Mid
Senior
This job
$32k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $64k

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Hiring leverage
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Mobility
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Durability
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Why this market feels harder than it looks

This market is hiring aggressively, but compensation hasn't caught up and most openings are backfilling churn, not expansion. Employers are filling roles, but not bidding wages up.

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
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Sign-on bonus
Title / level
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Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

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Does this path compound?

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Growth, flat pay
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⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

-2%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
202,800 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: High school diploma or equivalent

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024