Administrative Officer - Emergency Medicine

Monash Health exists to reimagine care, so that people can live their best lives. 

We provide safe and equitable care, for every stage of life, delivered with world-leading expertise and over 175 years of experience. 

As a leading academic health service, we're committed to providing tomorrow's care today by integrating research, teaching and training into everyday practice. 

Our team of 24,000 people are full hearted, open minded and all in. Together, we provide more than 250 integrated services for every stage of life at over 50 locations and in the community across south-east Melbourne, Victoria, serving 1.2 million residents in the South Metro Local Health Service Network.

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About the Role 

Joining our team as an Emergency Administration Officer, your desire to help others especially in their urgent situations, will be well met by this job. You will be the first contact for many visitors to our 24 hour emergency area. 

You must create an excellent first impression of Monash Health by providing a friendly, courteous, and professional greeting to all visitors to the Emergency Department either by telephone or in person, and to support them in relation to the purpose for their contact and/or visit. Along with other Administration tasks as they arise. 

The Emergency Department Administrative Officer position is a key multi skilled role in registering, admitting, transferring, and discharging all patients who attend the Emergency Department. The role also provides administrative support to the medical and nursing staff and responding to patient enquiries within the Emergency Department. 

Key result areas:

• Provide a friendly, courteous, and professional greeting and support to all visitors/patients 

• Answer and assist incoming callers in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner at all times 

• Ensure an appropriate standard of presentation of the reception area 

• Administrative support to the Administration Manager and medical employee as appropriate 

• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding material accessed and not limited to patient records, team meetings and meeting minutes. 

• Provide a high standard of data entry and data accuracy to the inpatient management systems 

• Maintain currency of internet knowledge news 

This is a part time position, below is a table of all shifts available:  

Our Culture and Values 

At Monash Health, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our culture is inclusive, supportive and future-focused, underpinned by clear values and a commitment to continuous improvement. 

Our teams play a critical role in bringing our new strategy to life, challenging traditional approaches, embracing innovation, and ensuring every appointment reflects our commitment to equity, transparency and excellence. 

You’ll be encouraged to share ideas, contribute to improvement initiatives, and grow alongside experienced professionals who are passionate about what they do. 

We are Full Hearted, Open Minded and All In, enabling excellent service delivery and a positive candidate and employee experience every time. 

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.