Children's National Hospital·Washington, District of Columbia
Perform complex secretarial and clerical duties to support clinicians and staff within the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior. Responsibilities include managing the administrator's calendar, screening communications, and providing budget monitoring support.
Kids Are Our Everything.
Pay Range $18.54 - $30.89
If you are a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who enjoys supporting a collaborative healthcare team, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. As a Senior Administrative Assistant within the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior, you will play an important role in supporting clinicians and staff dedicated to providing advanced neurological care for children.
The Center of Neuroscience and Behavior includes an expert team of neurologists, neurology nurses, social workers and others. They work together to provide children with effective, compassionate care. The team uses the latest techniques and technologies to provide accurate diagnosis and rapid treatment for children with neurological disorders.
The Senior Administrative Assistant will perform complex diversity of secretarial and clerical duties under general supervision.
Minimum Education High School Diploma or GED (Required) Or Minimum Work Experience 3 years secretarial experience, preferably in a medical office or healthcare environment (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge Ability to type 55 wpm required. Must have expert knowledge of secretarial, office administrative procedures, and knowledge of use and operation of standard office equipment. Advanced software skills are required, as well as Internet research abilities and strong communication skills.
Functional Accountabilities Communications Manage access to administrator by screening calls and visitors to determine appropriate course of action.
Serve as a liaison, with delegated authority, between administrator and subordinate units by relaying instructions and information and following commitments through to completion.
Interact and communicate with a strong degree of judgment and discretion.
Research, develop and draft letters, memos, or reports to communicate the manager’s decisions, ideas, and agenda.
Identify and resolve problems that would not require manager ’s direct involvement.
Address issues in accordance with priorities, policies, commitments, and program goals of the manager.
Office Technology Utilize office equipment and other relevant technology (software and systems) to meet organizational needs.
Research information to support conclusions and recommendations (for unusual and novel situations).
Establish and maintain paper and electronic files and records for manager.
Maintain manager’s calendar, schedules and appointments without prior approval based on knowledge of manager’s responsibilities and issues of importance.
Locate and assemble information for various reports, briefings, and conferences.
Make travel arrangements.
Budget Support Provide support in monitoring and reconciling departmental or program budget, tracks travel and office expenditures.
Safety Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position.
It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range.
The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy.
These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications.
Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees.
This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.
Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.
Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
Requires a high school diploma or GED and at least 3 years of secretarial experience, preferably in a healthcare setting. Candidates must be able to type 55 wpm and possess expert knowledge of office administrative procedures.
Market context
In District of Columbia healthcare settings, senior administrative assistant roles are often tied to busy clinical teams and can draw steady interest because they support daily operations in a specialized environment. Competition can be strongest for candidates with healthcare office experience, strong typing speed, and advanced knowledge of administrative procedures. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to quickly confirm fit, then tailor your application to highlight secretarial experience and any neuroscience or patient-facing support work.