Secretary
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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 goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Austin Health provides expert Respiratory, Sleep, and Ventilation services across the inpatient, outpatient, and community outreach settings. The department conducts world leading research, and is home to the Statewide Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS). Our diagnostic services provide Sleep Disorders and Respiratory Function testing across multiple laboratory locations via onsite and home based technologies. The Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Administration Team is integral to the department's operation, providing customer service, coordination of patient appointments, data management, results distribution, and billing.
About the role
The Sleep Laboratory Administration Assistant works collaboratively with the Sleep Scientists and VRSS team to effectively manage the patient bookings for inpatient, outpatient, and home sleep studies. The position is based at the Austin Campus, and provides professional, customer focused service for the department. This is an on-going position working 16 hours per week.
A regular day will see you:
- Manage and co-ordinate sleep study bookings
- Perform sleep study billing
- Support the department with a variety of administrative tasks
About you
As the Sleep Laboratory Administration Assistant, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:
- A commitment to Austin Health values
- Ability to perform a high level to meet required deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including a professional telephone manner.
- Ability to work independently and autonomously with limited supervision, or as part of a team.
- Methodical approach to detail
- High level computer skills
- Flexible and adaptable to change.
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 discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
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 or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Samantha Fletcher, Administration Manager at Samantha.Fletcher@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Friday 4 April 2025
