Administrative Officer - Older Adult Mental Health Kingston

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About the role

The Older Adult Mental Health Service is designed for people with a mental health condition or problems with memory and thinking who are generally over 65. The community services operates from two main sites, Kingston Centre located in Cheltenham, and Endeavour Hills.

The Administration Assistant plays an important role in ensuring the service provided is of a high quality, including the following:

• assisting with consumer queries over the phone and connecting them to the right service in a timely manner,
• assisting community clinicians with administrative duties such as completion of outcome measures, entering of community activity hours, and registration and discharge of consumers entering or exiting the service.

This position is full time (part time negotiable) Monday to Friday 8:30-17:00

About You
You are enthusiastic about providing a service that exceeds expectations from consumers, their carers, fellow colleagues and the management team. You have experience in providing Administrative Assistance in a large public health setting, experience with Older Adults and/or Mental Health services is highly desirable. You are comfortable with an array of different administrative software and have a keen interest in learning new skills where required.

What you need

• Relevant qualifications

• Experience in a large public health service

• Basic understanding of medical terminology

• Understanding of software such as iPM, CMI, procurement, Word, Excel and MS Teams is highly desirable (training provided if required)

• Experience working with Older Adults (65+) and/or mental health setting is highly desirable.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Augusto Criz on 0416 225 841.

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 14 January 2025