Business Support Officer

Description

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Classification: Administrative Services Officer 3 (PN 29760)

Salary: $76,985 – $82,459 (Plus 12% Super)

Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran

Section: Division of Surgery

Closing Date:1st October 2025

What can we offer you:

Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.

Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

Flexible working conditions.

Access to Employee Assistance Program.

Access to discounted gym membership.

Access to onsite Physiotherapists.

Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

The Division of Surgery is responsible for delivering inpatient and outpatients surgical services to the ACT and surrounding region. The Division includes Surgical Bookings and Pre-Admission Clinic, Peri-operative Services, Day Surgery Unit and Extended Day Surgery Unit, specialist surgical ward areas, medical and nursing outpatient services, ACT Trauma Service, Intensive Care Unit, Capital Region Retrieval Service, Pain Management Unit and the Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit.

These services are supported by administration support officers who engage in a range of duties including reception responsibilities in patient service areas, and general business support and personal assistant activities in the business offices of the division's clinical units. The clinical units within the Division of Surgery include:

Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine

ACT Trauma Service

Acute Surgical Unit

Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgery

Intensive Care

Neurosurgery

Oral Maxillofacial Surgery

Ophthalmology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Paediatric Surgery

Plastic Surgery

Retrieval Services

Urology

Vascular Surgery

The administration support officer position is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team responsible for the coordination and administrative support to clinical units and services.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page Response to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Shannon Dougan at or at

Job: General/Administrative

Salary Range: 76, ,459.00

Closing Date: 01/Oct/2025, 8:59:00 AM