Health Information Clerk

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time Until 18 January 2026
**Location**:Queanbeyan
**Position Classification**: Admin Officer Level 3
**Remuneration**: $68,338.79 - $70,468.72 per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ611574
**Applications Close**: Thursday 9 October 2025
**Interview Information**: 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 Bega 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**
- Applicants for this position may qualify for the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme (RHWIS)
- 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**
The Health Information Clerk is responsible for maintaining patient/client personal health information in both the electronic and hard copy health records in accordance with NSW Health policies, guidelines and the State Records Act.
The health information department is the central repository for health records that facilitates the sharing of personal health information and guards against loss, misuse and inappropriate access of these records.

**Selection Criteria**
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of work flow that encompasses good record management keeping practices for e.g. creating, compiling, retrieving, tracking records with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritise and organise multiple competing tasks to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, while working effectively in a team environment with an emphasis on communication and handover tasks.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate understanding and commitment to the concept of privacy and confidentiality of personal and personal health information.
- Current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.

**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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