Title: Acute Specialist Clerk
Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
Acute Specialist Clerk
- Across Box Hill, Maroondah, Blackburn and Angliss
- Cohesive inclusive team | Maintain work-life balance | Experience flexible working
- Casual employment | Enjoy flexibility within the workplace
Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.
About the role
This position is responsible for the clerical day of service activities in Acute Specialist Clinics. Clerical staff provide customer service, clerical and reception related duties that strive to achieve optimal patient outcomes, adheres to the code of conduct, policies and procedures, values and goals of Eastern Health.
An opportunity exists in Specialist Clinics across all campus for a passionate and enthusiastic clerical staff member. Eastern Health Acute Specialist Clinics are a busy department of the hospital, meeting the needs of patients from the community by providing a range of specialist services. Approximately 160 000 occasions of service are provided annually. These include new patients referred from the community, review appointments for ongoing care and post admission follow up from Eastern Health’s network of hospitals.
Clerical staff are a highly regarded member of the multidisciplinary team that ensure Specialist Clinics functions well. Services offered in Specialist Clinics include, Orthopaedics, Plastics, General Medical, Surgery, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Urology, Respiratory, Liver, and Paediatrics.
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Year 10 level English written and spoken
- Knowledge of patient management systems (iPM, CPF, EMR)
- Computer competent in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
- Advanced telephone skills and clerical skills
- Ability to provide quality customer service in a friendly and professional manner to support high quality patient centred care
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.
Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.
What we offer
Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals
Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.
Good to know:
- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- We do not accept recruitment agency application
**Please note applications will be screened upon receipt and advertising may close prior to the closing date.