Team Leader

**Date**:11 Sep 2024

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**About the Role**:
This is a Permanent Full Time position within the Finance department. We are seeking a billing and collections team leader who will provide specialist knowledge and experience to ensure hospital billings are completed in accordance with set KPI's and collections are completed in a timely manner. This position manages a large team in a complex environment therefore significant experience in people management is a must.

As team leader, you will monitor billing activity across a number of different billing streams and provide timely and accurate reporting on a regular basis.

**Your Skills and Experience**:
**Essential**
- Demonstrated specialist experience (minimum of 8-10 years of experience) in leadership roles with billing, collections and billing reporting
- Tertiary qualification in Accounting (or a related field) and CPA/CA qualified (or working towards)
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in dealing with private health funds, Medicare and NDIS disability service systems
- Demonstrated experience in continuous improvement and best practice implementation
- Demonstrated commitment to work and contribute as part of a team
- High degree of computer literacy, including a solid understanding of Microsoft Office products, including proficiency in Excel, Word and Outlook and capacity to quickly learn new financial software systems

**Desirable**:

- Experience with digital health systems, including PBRC

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Discounted on-site car parking

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

To view the full position description, please click here.

**Application process**:
**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption