Admin Asst To Physician (FT) - Surgery Clinic

SurgeryFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Position Title
  • Admin Asst To Physician (FT) - Surgery Clinic
  • Days - Full Time
  • Medical Pavilion

Position Summary / Career Interest

This position provides administrative support to the Physician.

Provides high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings.

Duties include general clerical, receptionist and project based work. Must project a professional company image through in-person and phone interaction.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

Answers and screens incoming telephone calls, determining appropriate routing, transcribes messages with accurate detail.

As delegated by the Physician - may manage projects such as office moves, policy compilation, and event planning. Handles duties related to continuing education programs, registration, schedules, materials preparation for meetings and notifying meeting participants

As delegated by the Physician – may represent department management for communicating information to hospital executive team, vendors, physicians, staff, and community agencies

Assists with the coordination of payroll, acting as a backup for the KRONOS managers.

Composes correspondence, memos, and reports: types and proofs materials; edits, collates, assembles, and distributes documentation as needed. Prepares reports, activities calendars, mass mailings (i. e., letters and memos for staff).

  • Creates information database products to support Management as requested.
  • Demonstrates competencies in computer programs such as: Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint, email, intra/internet programs.
  • Maintains patient confidentiality in accordance with HIPPA regulations at all times

Prioritizes correspondence, memos, reports, internal signature files and appointments; coordinates and schedules meetings, appointments, and conferences.

Reviews, classifies, and files correspondence, documents, and materials in main filing system; secures confidential file system dealing with sensitive documentation.

Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

  • High School Graduate or GED.
  • 3 or more years broad administrative/secretarial experience

Preferred Education and Experience

Bachelors Degree or Technical/Professional training/degree in Business School Training.

Knowledge Requirements

  • Must have excellent telephone skills, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to be flexible and adapt to change while maintaining a high level of professionalism, with an emphasis on positive customer relations.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Project Manager

Time Type

Full time

Job Requisition ID

  • R-56644
  • Important information for you to know as you apply:

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu.

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program. pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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Key Responsibilities

Provides high-level administrative support to the physician, including scheduling meetings, managing correspondence, and preparing reports. Assists with project-based work, payroll coordination, and maintaining patient confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA regulations.

Requirements

Requires a high school diploma or GED and at least 3 years of broad administrative or secretarial experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Data entryProject managementHIPAA complianceRecord keeping

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Admin Asst To Physician (FT) - Surgery Clinic at University of Kansas Health System a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 876 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 80% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Surgeon Jobs

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 7 employers

28
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7
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
CME allowance
12% this job
Relocation assistance
9%
Sign-on bonus
6%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 876 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$222k
Typical market rent
$1,326/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.