Coordinate Grand Rounds
- Submits applications for CME credit and management.
- Manages travel, including airfare, accommodations, and meals for the speaker through UFGO.
- Tracks and maintains attendance reports for CME credit and in-person attendance.
- Builds the Grand Rounds schedule with faculty, working with M&M and the education office to ensure all events align.
- Plans travel and facilitate reimbursement for SSA and Quality visiting speakers.
- Maintains room holds in the classroom portal and schedules alternative locations as needed.
- Works with IT to ensure the IT schedule is up to date (needed to ensure day-of IT support and the correct Zoom is launched).
- Creates provider- and resident-specific attendance reports to verify the accuracy of CME records.
- Creates and maintains calendar invites and invitations sent to Surgery faculty and staff, including all proper information and Zoom links for each event.
- Arrives at Grand Rounds at 6:30 a.m. on Fridays they are held to ensure all elements are in place and ready for the presentation.
- Commissions items from the trophy shop for visiting professors.
Office Management/Miscellaneous Department Support
- Mitigates maintenance issues.
- Handles IT requests for Assistant Directors and staff.
- Orders office supplies, stocks supply cabinets and maintains printer and fax machines.
- Troubleshoots printers, appliances, and other equipment.
- Sorts and distributes mail; assembles mailings as needed.
- Anticipates and fulfills secretarial and equipment needs for all new staff members.
- Creates and maintains the organizational chart for the Chair’s office.
Administrative Support for Assistant Directors and House Staff
- Manages travel for Assistant Directors and house staff, including creating fund and travel requests, completing expense reports, and entering accounting into UFGO and the surgery database.
- Processes reimbursements for mileage and other departmental travel expenses.
- Pays membership dues and completes all associated accounting processes for faculty and staff.
- Handles DocuSign requests for clinic managers related to clinic purchases or APP shifts.
- Administers requests for time away as needed.
- Facilitates scheduling and coordination of meetings for Assistant Directors as needed.
- Provides backup support for the Administrative Specialist III for the Chair and Director.
- Assists with policy drafting and organizational management for the department.
- Ensures all personnel are in compliance with University of Florida rules and regulations.
- Assists with recruitment efforts for Assistant Directors and house staff positions.
- Submits contract requests through UF Health Legal Services.
- Assists with strategic plan development and re-evaluation.
Department of Surgery Communications
- Attends bi-weekly meetings with the Chair/Vice Chair and Scott Hunter, Head of Communications, to receive updates.
- Works on website compliance projects and ensures the Department of Surgery is in compliance.
- Monitors social media platforms.
- Funnels content to Scott Hunter.
- Modifies Department of Surgery directory profiles.
- Serves as a backup to Scott Hunter for website edits.
Special Projects and additional duties as determined by the Chair and Director
- Serves as a member of the 1329 Building Committee.
- Serves as the Hospitality Chair for the department.
- Works with the Department of Anesthesiology to plan and execute the annual holiday party.
- Arranges celebrations for the Chair’s suite birthdays and holidays.