Administration Officer

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.

• Fixed Term - Ending Late June 2025
• Part Time - 48 hrs per f/n
• Grade 1 Administrator
• Alfred Hospital location
• Great staff benefits!

Department

Alfred Pathology Service (APS) provides a comprehensive range of pathology testing, consultation services and collection services to clinicians and patients of Alfred Health. The Service has 5 units (Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Biochemistry, Haematology, Microbiology and Human Molecular Pathology), each headed by a Unit Head. APS has the core laboratory at The Alfred as well as a small local laboratory at Sandringham hospital. APS has several collection centres and is responsible for specimen collection of about 50% of its samples. Alfred Health and Monash Health have established a formal partnership to deliver a Shared Pathology Service as one of three new pathology networks for metropolitan Melbourne.  All roles in the Pathology Programs are working to enhance and develop the Partnership across the Health Services to ensure we continue to provide high quality care for the patients across the health services.  

Position Summary

• To provide confidential telephone/switchboard and reception services, sort and despatch test reports, text entry, scanning in documentation, patient reports (ECG), filing, photocopying and other duties associated with the general administrative support of the Alfred Pathology Service.
• Receive visitors and patients at CSP and outpatient specimen collection counters.
• Book outpatient pathology appointments in the scheduling software.
• Archive database management – slip storage, organisation and management
• Print labels for various departments and request pads for various hospital units etc.
• Sort and deliver departmental mail (internal and outbound reports).
• Register and process patient requests in CSP.

Qualifications and Experience Required

Essential:

• Successful completion of VCE schooling.

Desirable:

• Post-school training in secretarial or clerical or receptionist or switchboard skills or equivalent.
• Appropriate diploma related to above post-school training or equivalent.
• Experience in office procedures in a Medical facility or similar work environment.

Staff Benefits

• Generous salary packaging and novated leasing are available through Maxxia
• Onsite child care services, a payroll deductible expense
• Onsite staff gym, a payroll deductible expense
• Access to health and wellbeing incentives
• Discounted health insurance

For enquiries, please contact Aiden Hilcher (Administration Supervisor) at A.Hilcher@alfred.org.au

Applications close at 11 pm Friday, 6 December 2024