Admin Assistant

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**Location**

Both Leongatha & Korumburra Campuses

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**Position Summary**
- **Excellent benefits including Salary Packaging + Novated Car Leasing + Employee Assistance Program**:

- **Great work location - only 1 1/2 hrs from Melbourne and 20 mins to fantastic beaches**

**About Us**
Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS) is a major provider of healthcare in the South Gippsland Shire. GSHS offers a broad range of services that meet the needs of a diverse and sparsely populated area. With two main acute facilities based at Leongatha and Korumburra, GSHS offers a broad range of specialist, general, acute, subacute, ambulatory, residential aged care and community services.**About the Role**
Applications are invited from interested persons looking for work in the organisation’s administration department. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing confidential clerical support and general reception duties based at either campus (Leongatha Hospital and Korumburra Hospital) on a casual basis. Applicants must be available to work any given day, Monday to Friday.**About You**
- Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment and handle discretely matters of a sensitive nature.
- High level of interpersonal, communication and switchboard skills.
- Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to work without direct supervision, exercise initiative and discretion, and perform duties in a highly professional manner.
- Capacity and willingness to be flexible and to adapt to changing environments.
- Staff have access to supportive staff mentoring, education and development programs. Salary Packaging is available for all staff. The successful applicant will be required to provide a current satisfactory police check.- The position description provides further details on duties and responsibilities and essential criteria which suitable applicants will be shortlisted.**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : I have had at least my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or if I am successful in obtaining this role, I am willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine before commencing.
- Essential : Certificate II Business Administration or equivalent experience.
- Essential : High level of proficiency with office based skills including using a telephone system, appointment and billing systems.
- Essential : Demonstrated high level customer service skills.
- Essential : Demonstrate ability to provide standard office procedures, secretarial practices and skills.
- Essential : Demonstrated ability to relate and be empathetic with health clients, whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Desirable : Ability to develop knowledge of different computer based systems used across a health service.
- Desirable : Ability to develop knowledge of clinical procedures as they pertain to administrative services, i.e. knowledge of body areas associated with medical imaging in order to ensure correct imaging is booked; knowledge of appropriate appointments for visiting medical specialists, i.e. follow up appointmen
- Desirable : Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with other team members to achieve service delivery excellence.
- Desirable : Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement and handle discretely matters of a sensitive nature.
- Desirable : High level of interpersonal, communication and switchboard skills.
- Desirable : Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to work without direct supervision, exercise initiative and discretion and perform duties in a highly professional manner.
- Desirable : Capacity and willingness to be flexible and to adapt to changing environments.

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