Executive Assistant to The Deputy Chief Executive Officer

**Job no**: 901559
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern
**Categories**: Administration, Business and Management, Corporate Services
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Lyell McEwin Hospital - Office of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer**:

- **Salary $85,790 - $95,413 per annum - ASO5 - plus superannuation and salary sacrifice benefits**:

- **Full time - Ongoing Permanent - 37.5 hours per week**

**About the Role**

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN).

In this pivotal role, you will provide comprehensive administrative and executive support to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ensuring efficient operations and effective communication across NALHN. Your exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritise tasks will be invaluable in managing the dynamic and fast-paced environment of this position.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Executive Assistant looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

**Our Local Health Network Sites and Services**:
Lyell McEwin Hospital **-** The major hospital in the north and north-east for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital **-** A general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health - The Division of Mental Health provides a comprehensive range of public mental health services for youth, adults and older people in northern Adelaide. Services are provided through community health centres and hospitals, and to consumers in their own homes.

Forensic Mental Health - A statewide service that operates as part of the Division of Mental Health for forensic patients and prisoners.

Community Sites - Elizabeth GP Plus, Modbury GP Plus and Gilles Plains GP Plus Super Clinics providing community based care.

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B**

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination pol