Administration Officer

at  Queensland Health

About the role
Casual opportunity.
The purpose of the role is to work collaboratively as a member of Patient Flow Services’ administration team in providing quality administrative support and cover for planned and emergent leave. This role relieves in a variety of administrative settings such as secretarial, patient reception services, and administrative support. This role may be a non-frontline position or frontline position that is very fast paced with high volume of work.
This role will require flexible availability as shifts are allocated on an ad hoc basis to fill roster shortfalls. Opportunities for temporary contracts are available to address mid- or long-term shortfalls. Appropriate training is provided for each role prior to commencing shifts.
About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health’s values:

• Work independently, utilising discretion in the absence of decision makers in completing tasks, meeting deadlines and establishing work priorities.
• Provide assistance to other staff within the team to ensure tasks are completed and deadlines are met.
• Operate to a high degree across all roles whilst maintaining open channels of communication between all staff within the Patient Flow Services and other members of multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to provide administrative support at short notice for emergent leave.
• Provide reliable and efficient administrative support across the service line as rostered by the management team of Patient Flow Services.

Health Equity
It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services; and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide.

Benefits when working for us

• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it’s so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers
Job ad reference number: RBH572799 Close date: Tuesday 2nd of July 2024
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
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