Administrative Assistant (Nursing, Advanced Acute Care Units) - Day Shift
Danville, PAFull-time$17.81/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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The Administrative Assistant supports managers and department staff in Geisinger’s Advanced Acute Care Units, overseeing three units. The role provides organizational and communication support, including handling calls, coordinating schedules and meetings, preparing correspondence and reports, reconciling expenses, and assisting with projects. It is a weekday day-shift position with five eight-hour shifts and requires a high school diploma or equivalent and at least two years of related work experience.
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Location: Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) Shift: Days (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Worker Type: Regular Exemption Status: No Job Summary: Geisinger is proud to offer an Administrative Assistant a $17.81 minimum hiring rate. Job Duties: Benefits of working at Geisinger:
- Full benefits (medical, dental and vision) starting on day one
- Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
- Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)
- Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
- Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
- Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
- MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
- Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care; Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
- Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance
- Shared governance structure that empowers our nursing support staff
- On the job training and education
- Professional opportunities for growth and advancement
- Support and mentorship from a full range of dedicated nursing leaders
- Community involvement through our Employee Resource Groups
- Employee referral incentive program
- Geisinger values and prioritizes the safety and security of our staff by investing in a Strongline Alert Notification system worn by our staff, robust camera surveillance system, metal detectors at certain locations and security guards/K9 program on campus.
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Job Description: Supports department director through a variety of tasks related to organization and communication. Responsible for maintaining knowledge of a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures. May direct and lead the work of others. Daily responsibilities include answering and directing phone calls, organizing meetings and schedules, producing and distributing correspondence, preparing reports and presentations, reconciling expense reports, assisting with projects, and providing other direct administrative support to the assigned office.
- Supports managers and department staff through a variety of tasks related to organization and communication.
- Responsible for maintaining knowledge of a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures.
- May direct and lead the work of others.
- Daily responsibilities include answering and directing phone calls, organizing meetings and schedules, producing and distributing correspondence, preparing reports and presentations, reconciling expense reports, assisting with projects, and providing other direct administrative support to the assigned office.
Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
Position Details: Advanced Acute Care Units, Overseeing three units Schedule: Five 8-hour day shifts (7:00am - 3:30pm) per week, Monday through Friday
Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required) Experience: Minimum of 2 years-Related work experience (Required) Certification(s) and License(s):
Skills: Communication, Computer Literacy, Office Administration, Working Independently OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
- KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
- EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
- LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
- INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
- SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,754 open Administrative Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$17.81/hr
- Pennsylvania median$17–20/hr25 hourly ranges
- US median$19–23/hr795 hourly ranges
This rate, $17.81/hr, is close to the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($18/hr) — in the middle half of Administrative Assistant hourly ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 78 open Administrative Assistant jobs in Pennsylvania and 1,754 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Administrative Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (884 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 978 of the 1,754 open Administrative Assistant jobs (56%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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