Ward Clerk - Melbourne, Australia - Austin Health

    Austin Health
    Austin Health Melbourne, Australia

    Found in: Talent AU C2 - 1 week ago

    austin health background
    Part time
    Description
    • Make an impact supporting patients, their families and carers
    • Part time ongoing
    • Austin Hospital Ward 5W

    Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

    Ward 5 West provides care to patients under Respiratory Medicine, Victorian Respiratory Support Service, Infectious Diseases, General Medicine 4, and other medical/surgical outliers. We have a 30 bed ward, which includes the 4 bed Respiratory High Dependency Unit and a 2 bed Sleep Laboratory for complex ventilation studies.

    We are looking for a dynamic Administration Clerk with excellent interpersonal skills and experience using Office 365 and Windows applications.

    A regular day will see you:

    • Supporting our multidisciplinary team to deliver best care
    • Assisting with admission/discharge workflows
    • Answering telephones
    • Communicating with visitors, patients and staff
    • Performing administrative duties such as filing, document preparation, ordering, etc.

    Ideally, you'll have:

    • Excellent Communication skills
    • Able to listen to others
    • Desire to help
    • Friendly and kind interpersonal style

    Our benefits

    Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

    • Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
    • A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
    • Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
    • Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking

    Inclusion at Austin Health

    We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.

    Work with us

    If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager.