Administration Assistant

**Employment Type**:

- Permanent Part Time; Permanent Full Time

**Hours per fortnight** - 80

**Job Category**:

- Administration - Administration Assistant

**Req Id -** 4350
- Up to $20k relocation assistance provided to successful applicant*
- Be part of an innovative rural Mental Health Service at Headspace Colac
- Permanent part time or full time available

**About Barwon Health**
- Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.

**About the facility**
- Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong’s CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.
- About Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)
- MHDAS provides integrated and recovery oriented mental health, drugs and alcohol assessment, treatment and community support to people of all ages within the Barwon region experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health and drug & alcohol issues, and their families.
- Our service is internationally recognised for its innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are client centred, accessible and family inclusive. We are fortunate to enjoy terrific internal relationships and have developed excellent partnerships with the local community that provide for seamless integrated care for our clients.
- MHDAS is entering a new phase of co-design of our service system with people who access our services and our wider community. This will build on our nationally recognized unique cultural approach to the challenges of recovery oriented service delivery to redesign our service system.

**About the role**
- Provide clerical, secretarial and receptionist services to the Barwon Health Mental Health, Drugs & Alcohol Services in order to enable teams to provide courteous, efficient and clinically effective care for people with major mental illness and/or drug and alcohol issues. There are Mental Health, Drugs & Alcohol Teams located throughout the Geelong Region at a number of locations and travel to each of these locations will be required as part of this role in order to provide administration cover. This position will cover leave for administration assistants based at the teams/programs within Mental Health, Drugs & Alcohol Services.- Entry of data, print and compile routine reports from relevant databases such as, but not exclusive toThe Care Manager (TCM), BOSS, Best Practice, RAPID and iPMS in accordance with Barwon Health requirements for use in patient care and clinical and health services analysis-
- Make electronic calendar bookings for rooms, cars and equipment as requested.-
- Accurate labelling and scanning of client documentation into electronic systems.-
- Participate in the orientation and training of new staff, when required.-
- Promptly answer telephones and provide courteous response to all customers.-
- Courteous reception of people arriving for appointments, notification to staff of their arrival and communication regarding delays or changes required.**About the culture**
- You will work with an innovative multidisciplinary team who maintain extensive knowledge and experience. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values, respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation.
- Barwon Health staff benefits- Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.-
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.-
- Wide-range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career.-
- Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2650.**About Colac Otway**
Located on Gulidjan Country, Colac Otway is rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage, with Colac believed to mean ‘sand’ or ‘fresh water’.
- Colac Otway offers a relaxed lifestyle surrounded by lush forests, rolling farmland, and pristine coastline. Enjoy everything that Colac has to offer:

- Gateway to the Otways, the Great Ocean Road, and stunning beaches like Apollo Bay
- A friendly, close-knit community with a strong sense of local pride
- Excellent local schools and easy access to higher education provid