Overview
Work Type: Casual
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Administration
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 2778
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About Medical and Cancer Services Division
The Medical and Cancer Services Division is one of six divisions within the Chief Operations Officer Directorate of Austin Health. The Division’s clinical services operate across all three Austin Health campuses and Ballarat Health Services (BHS) within the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre (BRICC) and comprise a complex range of national, state-wide organizational wide and specialty clinical services.
About the role
The primary objective of this role is to provide professional, customer focused and efficient administration functions to the ONJ Cancer Centre to enhance patient care and service delivery. The Casual Administration Clerk provides support during times of leave and to cover the various front-line areas.
A regular day will see you:
Communicate effectively and promote a supportive team approach within the ward to ensure a good working relationship
Register patients upon arrival
Make patient appointments
About you
As the Casual Administration Clerk you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:
An ability to manage incoming work with competing priorities, meet deadlines, and advanced attention to detail and accuracy in all activities
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written
Ability to problem solve in a variety of situations
Demonstrated ability to develop professional relationships with internal and external key stakeholders
Demonstrated commitment to high quality customer service
Flexible and responsible to meet the ONJ Cancer Centre administrative needs
Highly organised, able to prioritise work and multi-task.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
Mentoring and career development opportunities
Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Donna Vains, Administrative Manager at
[email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 15 February 2026
Applications close Sunday 15 February 2026 at 11.59pm
Posted
3 February 2026
