Title: Health Information Services Clerk
Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135
Health Information Services Clerk
- Employment Type (part time, 2 positions)
- Position 1: 22.5 hours per week (3 x 7.5hr shifts) – afternoon shift (3 shifts per week)
- Position 2: 15.5 hours per week (2 x 7.75hr shifts) – day shift (2 shifts per week)
- Maroondah Hospital (Ringwood East) - on site only
- Please include in your application, which of the two positions you are applying for
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 and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity to come and join our join our dynamic Health Information Services team in a prepping/scanning based role, located on site at Maroondah Hospital.
We are looking for positive, motivated individuals, with high attention to detail to join our great team, in a behind the scenes role, working on preparing medical records for scanning.
As part of this role, you will be responsible for ensuring patient medical records (in paper forms) are prepared for scanning involving quality checking the documents and ensuring they are ready to be scanned.
You will be responsible for scanning the prepared documents in a timely manner, to ensure they are available for electronic viewing by clinical staff for ongoing clinical care and decision making.
In addition to those duties, you will be required to maintaining the quality of the scanned, as well as both our electronic medical record (EMR) and paper medical records, and you may be required to do other clerical and administrative duties as requested.
You may at times be required to also assist with other tasks in our Release of Information/Information Release service, which is also based within our Health Information Services at Maroondah Hospital – Health Information Service.
Please note, this role requires you to be onsite at all times, there is no ability to work from home. You must be available to work as rostered (ie day or afternoon shifts).
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Experience using computers and Microsoft Office
- Uphold a high standard of accuracy
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
- Possess good verbal communication skills
- Understand patient confidentiality
- Availability to work day and afternoon shifts as rostered
- A strong commitment to high quality care
- 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
Contact Person:Patricia Enache
Contact Number: 03 97646165
Contact Email: patricia.enache@easternhealth.org.au
Need help submitting your application?
Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]
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