Administrative Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Communications, Marketing and Media, Finance, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Procurement

Reference: 53930
- 12 month Part Time position
- Work in a large and dynamic team
- Take your career to the next level working in a specialised program
- The Administration Officer contributes to optimum client care
- Play an key role in the supporting the residents daily life
- Utilise your excellent communication and information technology skills

**About Monash Health**

**About Chestnut Gardens Nursing Home and Monash Health**

Monash Health is a large organisation consisting of seven public hospitals, 21 community health sites, and four aged care facilities. With university affiliated international research and tertiary education. Monash Health provides healthcare for the entire lifespan from pre-birth to palliative care and all stages in between.

Chestnut Gardens, Doveton, is home to 100 high care residents and utilises the latest in care and design philosophies. Chestnut Gardens is built as a series of houses.

Our residential care team at Chestnut Gardens work either in ‘The Avenue’ or ‘The Boulevard’ with residents with chronic physical and/ or mental health care conditions. To ensure the best care, those that live at Chestnut Gardens work in collaboration with a skilled nursing group in developing person centred care. Assisting both The Avenue and The Boulevard are a team of support services and admin.

We are dedicated to delivering care in line with Monash Health iCare values and strive to ensure that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and receive personalised care that is culturally safe and in accordance with their preferences.

**About The Role**

The Administration Officer plays key role within Chestnut Gardens, providing a welcoming face to the home for those living, visiting, and working in the home. Working in a busy environment the Administration Officer provides efficient and effective administration support to the staff of Chestnut Gardens and assistance to those visiting the home. The Administration Officer contributes to optimum communication and actively contributes to the smooth and efficient functioning of the home environment.

This role starts at 7am, 3 to 5 days a week.

**About You**

You have highly developed administration skills with an eye for detail. You are an excellent communicator and able to work across a number of complex systems. You will be able to:

- Assist in the coordination and reconciliation of brokered services including liaison with suppliers for the routine purchase and delivery of health service supplies and services
- Organise stock control, order and maintain forms, client identification labels, stationery, equipment and stores as require
- Prepare reports for use by management
- Maintain data collection as required for the program and reporting to Commonwealth Departments

**What You Need**:

- Current and satisfactory Working With Children Check as per Working With Children Act 2005
- Current and satisfactory Police Check (must also comply with Aged Care Act 1997 Accountability Amendment Principles 2012 if working in Aged Care settings)
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Previous experience in a similar role (desirable)_
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Certificate/Diploma in Health Administration or similar or working towards (desirable)_
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Familiarity with medical terminology (desirable)_
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Current Victorian Drivers Licence_

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

In accordance with Victorian Public Health directions, all employees working in the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.