Intake Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

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Reference: 60210

Monash Health is excited to announce a part-time temporary position within its General Genetics Department, located at Monash Medical Centre Clayton.
- You will be part of a small team of intake assistants
- You will be part of a medium sized multi-disciplinary team of doctors, genetic counsellors and administration.
- You will provide assistance with processing new referrals, triaging incoming correspondence and results, and receiving telephone calls from patients and doctors.
- You will provide support to the clinical team, and administration team

**About our General Genetics Department at Monash Health**

Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing over 18,000 people across a range of specialities.

The General Genetics Department sees prenatal, paediatric and adult patients to provide assessment, management advice, education, counselling and support for a wide range of genetic conditions.

**About The Role**

We are a medium sized, busy department. We are a friendly, welcoming and supportive team. The department sees prenatal, paediatric and adult patients, for a wide range of genetic conditions. This role does not involve cancer genetics as there is a separate Familial Cancer Centre based at Monash Medical Centre.

The role is part-time (0.3EFT, 22.8 hours per fortnight), temporary for 12 months, based at Monash Medical Centre Clayton.

**About You**

You are currently studying a Master of Genetic Counselling Course, about to commence, or studying a different related course. You have some knowledge and understanding of genetic counselling, including medical, genetic and psychosocial aspects. You have excellent written and verbal, English communication skills. You thrive working in a fast paced environment as part of a multidisciplinary team and are a considerate and collaborative team member. You are a proficient computer user, including excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and the ability to learn new programs quickly. You will also need to have Australian working rights.

**What We Offer**
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your skills & knowledge base
- professional development opportunities
- mentorship & career guidance
- a supportive learning and work environment

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises 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.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.