Pathology Accounts Officer

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: $66,000 - $73,000

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:13655

**Pathology Accounts Officer**
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Located at the Royal Children's Hospital within the Parkville Medical Precinct
- Friendly and supportive team environment

**About the Role**
- This is a Fixed Term Part Time position, 2 days per week, for 12 months, within the billing and accounts team at RCH Laboratory Services.
- As a key member of the Accounts team, you will be responsible for providing administrative support with billing, claims processing and revenue generation for pathology services provided by the RCH Laboratories.

Classification for this position will range from AO21 - AO25, Grade 2 Level 1 to Grade 2 Level 5 ($66,768 - $73,811 per annum, pro-rata, plus Superannuation plus Salary Packaging)

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Develop and maintain a sound understanding of pathology billing systems and processes
- Work with an experienced and supportive team providing top level customer service
- Liaise with both internal and external parties to build effective relationships

**Your skills and experience**
- Experience in accurate data processing within high volume billing environment
- Ability to prioritise, flexibility and willingness to adapt to change
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly motivated team member

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Department**
- The department of Laboratory Services - RCH Pathology provides a comprehensive, high quality diagnostic pathology service to both the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital, as well as to Specialist Consultants and General Practitioners in the community and around the world.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Parkville location and close to public transport
- Discounted on-site car parking
- Culture of continuous improvement

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**
- To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

Victorian Department of Health has endorsed the initiative to restructure existing public pathology by bringing together laboratories into pathology networks operating under a lead health service.
- Pathology services from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the Royal Women’s Hospital and the Royal Children’s Hospital will transition to a single pathology service. This creates an exciting opportunity to strengthen the scope, scale and reach of pathology services across the Parkville precinct to benefit all Victorians.
- This role will be part of the new centre of excellence that will be led by Melbourne Health.

**Why work at the RCH?**
- RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
- We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
- It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
- It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

**Are you ready to join our team?**
- Applications close **XXXXX**

- Applications close Thursday 21 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 14 August 2025