Position Summary

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. 

UMC is home to a Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience:

• Equivalent to completion of two (2) years of college-level coursework in business, management, or a closely related field. 

• Four (4) years of executive administrative assistant experience, which has included providing direct administrative support to executive-level staff. 

Licensing/Certification Requirements:
Some positions may require Notary Public Certification.

Additional Position Requirements

Priority consideration will be given to candidates who have the following experience requirements DOCUMENTED in their APPLICATION:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, healthcare administration, or a closely related field.
• Five (5) or more years of recent (within the last year) experience as an executive assistant directly supporting multiple executives (e.g., VP or higher) within an acute care hospital or healthcare setting.
• Lean Six Sigma certification, or ability to demonstrate a process/continuous improvement mindset.
• Advanced experience with MS Office 365, including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Planner.
• Resilience to successfully manage shifting priorities and high-pressure deadlines while maintaining professionalism.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Skill in:
Providing varied, responsible, and often confidential secretarial and office administrative assistance to high-level staff; coordinating supervisor's activities and schedules; maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information; using tact, discretion, initiative and independent judgment within established guidelines; using computers and related software applications; using general office equipment such as phones, copiers and facsimiles; contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team/work unit goals, objectives and activities; communicating effectively in both oral and written forms; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone. Exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or an eligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.