Personal Assistant to The Picu Medical Director

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Communications, Marketing and Media, Finance, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Information Management, Procurement

Reference: 64008

**About Monash Health**

**Our Journey - Monash Children's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)**

The Monash Children's Hospital PICU is the newest amongst the small number of intensive care units in Australia that care for critically ill children. Having opened only in 2018, the unit is a dynamic, growing and vibrant place. It is led by a group of dedicated PICU consultants, an enthusiastic team of nurses and committed allied health professionals. We believe in supporting each other, in being kind and in bringing our best to the profoundly meaningful and rewarding work we get to do every day: caring for the children and families who need our unit.

**A Day in the Life**

The PA to the PICU Medical Director plays the key administrative role in the unit’s ‘back-of-house’ operations. Managing electronic communications, administering timecards, helping solve roster challenges and staffing emergencies, managing schedules, calendars and meetings all combine to make the PICU Director PA’s role the centre-point of the unit’s administration. On this background, the role offers opportunities to create, grow and develop, supporting the unit’s projects, plans and aspirations in the areas of data, research, communications and professional education. The PA to the PICU Medical Directors works with people who strive for excellence in a friendly and supportive environment.

**About you**

The Why matters to you - you want to know what your work means beyond the moment. You are kind and you enjoy being part of a team that values diversity and ideas. You like multi-tasking and working to high standards. You are always supportive and grateful for support but also well able and keen to manage your day, to take the initiative and to develop your role.

**What you need**:

- Experience as Personal / Executive Assistant or administrative experience
- To have proven yourself as an effective team player and have provided high level administrative support to busy executives, in an EA or PA role.
- You thrive working in a dynamic, fast paced environment and demonstrate a flexible, can-do attitude and strong organisational, communication and time management skills.
- A high standard of both written and verbal communication skills.
- You are hardworking, honest and you respect and uphold the strict confidentiality requirements inherent in roles like this.
- You enjoy the challenges that come from working in a busy and dynamic setting, where organisational priorities can change frequently, and you are flexible to respond to changing needs without losing focus on the tasks at hand.

**In return**

You will be welcomed into a vibrant, friendly and supportive team. We will take time and care onboarding you to the role. We will take joy in seeing you succeed and grow and develop your role. As a key position in the unit, it has attractive remuneration as well as:

- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your skills and knowledge
- Avenues to develop your leadership and project management skills
- Mentorship and career guidance
- Support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- All our full-time employees have the opportunity to accrue a day off every four weeks. In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite subsidised staff car parking and gym, uniform and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**How to Apply**

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
- Monash Health is a great place to work so come join Monash Children’s Hospital._