Medicolegal and Health Information Officer

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**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Location**: Bega
**Position Classification**: Administration Officer Level 4
**Remuneration**: $36.46 - $37.29 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 20
**Requisition ID**: REQ606094
**Applications Close**: 30 September 2025
**Interview Details**: Scheduled within 10 days of closing

**About the Service**
Administration Officer - Be the Backbone of Our Rural Health Service
Are you organised, efficient, and passionate about supporting healthcare teams to deliver excellent patient care?
At Goulburn Base Hospital, our Administration Officers play a crucial role in ensuring smooth operations across clinical and non-clinical departments. Your skills will help keep our rural health service running effectively and support our community’s wellbeing.
Join us and help keep our health service running smoothly for the benefit of our community.

**Support for**
- Working within SNSWLHD
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Salary packaging options
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
- A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
- Moving to the area? Visit The Welcome Experience | NSW Government

**What you'll be doing**
Responsibility for managing the release of information against externally generated requests for Health Information in accordance with the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002, NSW with the guidance of the Health Information Privacy Manual 2015.

**Selection Criteria**
- An ability to acquire or hold a comprehensive understanding of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 NSW, the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, NSW; the Health Information Privacy Manual 2015 and Health Information Privacy Principles to make consistent and accurate decisions to release health information.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both written and oral. Explain the requirements to access health information to family, patients and external third parties.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with mínimal supervision and to work effectively in a small team supporting the delivery of an accurate and effective health information service.
- Experience in managing and prioritising a work load to ensure that deadlines are met and information is provided that meets the request.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted driver’s licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays as required.

**We look forward to learning more about you and what you can bring to our team**

**Information for applicants**

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

Southern NSW Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.

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