Shared Asset Coordinator

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: $35 - $45

Occupation: Asset Management and Planning

Reference: 2094

**_Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About Asset Services**

The Asset Services Department is committed to providing the highest standard of specialised asset management and engineering maintenance to all of Austin Health’s campuses.

Asset Services is part of the Information & Services directorate and is responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of all buildings, plant, and all medical equipment. The department holds accountability for Austin Health’s Facility Maintenance, Biomedical Engineering and Maintenance Service teams. The role will require working across all Austin Health sites.

**About the role**

The Asset Coordinator will work within the Medical Asset Team at Austin Health and play a vital role in delivering excellent customer service to all end users of medical equipment. They will be responsible for the dispatch, return, working condition and cleaning of Medical Equipment listed in the library.

**About you**

As the Shared Asset Coordinator, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset. The position requires you to be mobile, moving around the hospital to deliver medical equipment on a frequent basis.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

- Previous experience in a large hospital environment.
- Exceptional interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Ability to effectively self-manage and allocate priorities.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of logístical functions.

The person we are looking for will demonstrate Austin Health's values in all interactions with patients, consumers, and colleagues. The position will align with the organisation’s core principles, fostering a compassionate, respectful, and professional workplace culture.

The responsibilities for the is role focus on:

- **Customer Service**: Providing excellent service to end users, which may include medical staff, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals who require medical assets.
- **Equipment Dispatch and Return**: Coordinating the timely and accurate delivery and retrieval of equipment to and from departments or individuals.
- **Maintenance and Cleaning**: Ensuring that all equipment is in good working order, cleaned, and properly maintained according to health and safety standards.

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the** position description** for further details.**

**Application closing date: 27/01/2025