Admissions Clerk

Overview

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within the maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About Women's Emergency Care

WEC provides direct clinical care for over 28,000 women per year with emergency maternity and gynaecology problems, including emergency care for newborns who were born at the Women's and are less than two weeks of age. We support women to manage any psychological, psychosocial, social, and socioeconomic concerns that may impact on their health care. The unit also has a key role in providing education and training for local, national and international health professionals.

About the role

As an Admissions and Triage Clerk you will provide customer focused care and reception duties, alongside patient registration, admission, transfer and discharge of patients. You/'ll also uphold FOI legislation and patient privacy policy of the Women/'s regarding patient data and the EMR.

A regular day will see you managing:

- Data entry into Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Patient identification and registration
- Admission of patients using IPM
- Connection of televisions through the hospital (out of hours)
- Liaising with Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedical staff

About you

You will be someone with excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.

You'll bring with you:

- Strong computer literacy, administration and data entry skills
- The ability to comfortably work with the public, displaying a professional and caring attitude
- Flexibility and the ability to multitask while maintaining quality data entry
- Ability to work a rotating roster, including night shifts and weekends

Benefits

- $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Purchased leave options available

Inclusion and belonging

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.

For more information, please view the Position Description for this role. If you have any enquiries, please contact Jennifer Fielding on 03 8345 3646 or jennifer.fielding@thewomens.org.au

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