Personal Assistant

**Title**:Personal Assistant**:

- Requisition ID: 2782
- Location: Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC, AU, 3156
- Job Posting Date: 13 Feb 2025

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**Personal Assistant to Director of Emergency Medicine**
- Angliss Hospital | Emergency Department | Car parking available
- Great opportunity to work in public health | With a friendly and supportive team
- Permanent Part-time position | 9 days per fortnight | Monday - Friday

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.

Our Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**

The Administration Assistant for the Director of Emergency Medicine provides high level administrative and clerical support to facilitate the smooth operation of Angliss Hospital's Emergency Department. Providing support to the Angliss Emergency Department management team to ensure the efficient, effective, and responsive operation of the health service.

Providing secretarial and administrative support to the Angliss General Medicine Department management team to ensure the efficient, effective, and responsive operation of the health service Ensures that all administrative functions and general administrative support to the senior medical/nursing staff as directed by the Medical Directors.

**About you**

To be successful in this role you should possess:

- Experience in an Australian health care setting
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously.
- Flexibility with workdays/times
- Well-developed computer and keyboard skills including a good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook Programs and experience with health database systems.
- Well-developed administrative/clerical and organisational skills and attention to detail.
- The ability to collate, interpret and present data and the ability to demonstrate a high level of accuracy with data entry.
- Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with a broad range of internal and external customers to effectively ensure their needs are attended to in a helpful and professional manner.
- Self-motivated with a demonstrated innovative approach to work practices and the ability to streamline and prioritise workload with the flexibility in moving between tasks at short notice.
- Previous experience in a health administrative/clerical position
- An understanding of medical terminology
- The successful applicant would be required to work 9 days per fortnight.
- Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the _Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice)_. Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment._

**What we offer**

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals

**Next Steps**

**Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.

Please

Contact Person: Kaylene Haywood

Contact Number: 03 9759 1941

Job Posting End Date: 21/03/2025

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]

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