Paediatric Outpatient Admin- Level 3

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time
**Position Classification**: Admin Officer Level 3
**Remuneration**: $31.53 - $32.57 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 16
**Requisition ID**: REQ385033
**Applications Close**: Sunday 09 April

An exciting opportunity exists for an **Administration Officer** to join the **Peadiatric Outpatients Department** at **Wollongong Hospita**l.

**What you'll be doing**

Provide a full range of administrative and clerical support services to ensure delivery of efficient and effective patient/client focused services for the Paediatric Outpatient Clinic at Wollongong Hospital. The Administration Officer will be responsible for clinic reception, answering telephone enquiries, booking appointments, maintaining patient files, Medicare Billing and all tasks associated with the efficient running of the outpatient clinic.

**Where you’ll be working**

Wollongong Hospital is the Illawarra and Shoalhaven’s major referral and teaching hospital and has bed base of more than 500. The campus, which incorporates the Illawarra Regional Cancer Care Centre, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services.

Wollongong is located an hours drive south of Sydney on a narrow coastal strip bordered by the Royal National Park to the north, Lake Illawarra to the south, the Tasman Sea to the east and the Illawarra Escarpment to the west. Learn more about the lifestyle benefits of living and working in Wollongong.

The values of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District guide the behaviour and professional standards of our staff and underpin the ways in which we engage with our patients and consumers. Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

Successful applicants to the role must provide certified documentation of vaccination history and pathology as part of their recruitment documentation. The applicant must be certified as compliant with Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases before employment can commence.

Please note: Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

**COVID-19 Vaccination Compliance**

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (3 doses for Category A roles, 2 doses for Category B roles) which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Please provide proof of vaccination if available.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated ability to work under limited direction and guidance with regard to work priorities
- Demonstrated skill and experience with medical typing
- Demonstrated well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated experience with all aspects of Medicare scheduling and billing
- Demonstrated ability to organise and manage a high activity work load

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