Executive Assistant

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation, our organization has evolved over the years through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area.

Today, as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth.

Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of health care services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, all grounded in rigorous research and education. Our comprehensive network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and comprehensive care.

We are proud of our pioneering medical advances and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you become part of a team that delivers top-quality, professional healthcare in modern, well-equipped facilities, and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.

As our Executive Assistant, you will be an indispensable strategic partner, providing high-level administrative leadership and support to empower executive effectiveness.

Every day, you will expertly oversee daily administrative operations for executives, acting as a primary point of contact and independently managing routine matters. You'll represent executives, manage schedules, coordinate communications, and prepare sensitive documents, utilizing comprehensive organizational knowledge for confident decision-making.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional organizational skills, discreet judgment, superior communication, and advanced tech proficiency.

• Provides secretarial support to executive, including complex scheduling and calendaring support, travel arrangements, expense reports, budget support, answering and prioritizing communications/ correspondence, and other secretarial tasks that support efficient organization of the executive’s time. May coordinate budget preparation and consolidation activities for executive; monitors and maintains accurate account of budget and department sub-accounts. Interacts with both internal and external customers on executive’s behalf.
• Provides meeting and special event support for executive and department, including scheduling, invitations, creating agendas, preparing materials (such as presentations and reports), arranging catering/floral, setting up A/V, and taking/preparing/distributing minutes.
• Acts as a liaison between executive and staff, communicating assignments, tracking project status, getting updates, answering questions within scope of responsibility, and ensuring optimal and efficient communication flow throughout department.
• May produce and maintain contracts/agreements and monitor compliance with applicable terms and provisions. Researches, drafts, edits and presents a variety of documents, reports, data and other metrics.
• Provides office management for department and may provide oversight/direction to lower-level administrative staff.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proper skills associated with the department’s defined specific populations served.

Required

• Five or more years of progressively responsible related office or secretarial work experience that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job knowledge skills/abilities and
• None, upon hire

Preferred

• Experience in a healthcare environment