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• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Wallaroo Hospital and Health Service 
• Salary: $58,709 - $63,154 p.a (pro rata) - ASO2
• Ongoing Part Time (multiple contracts available) 

Join Our Dedicated Team in the Heart of Emergency Care – Ongoing Part-Time Roles Available!

At Wallaroo Hospital and Health Service, we’re seeking compassionate and detail-oriented Emergency Department Administration Officers to provide vital administrative support in our fast-paced, 24/7 Emergency Department. If you’re ready to contribute to an essential service that makes a real difference in people's lives, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide exceptional administrative support to the Emergency Department, ensuring smooth and efficient daily operations.
• Handle word processing, data entry, record maintenance to State Records Standards, and information management.
• Support Sunrise EMR requirements for our Hub/Spoke model, ensuring all documentation is accurate and timely.
• Respond to diverse, often complex, administrative needs in a high-pressure environment.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage staff, patients, and external agencies.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and maintain focus in a dynamic environment
• Experience in front-line service and administrative support, providing compassionate assistance to those in need.
• Proven track record of handling sensitive information with discretion and delivering high levels of accuracy.
• Strong administrative skills, including proficiency with Excel and Word.
• Knowledge of confidentiality principles, customer service practices, and workplace safety.
• Ability to work with tact, diplomacy, and empathy in sensitive situations.

The following positions are available:

Ongoing 0.4fte 30 hours per fortnight, Mid Shift (weekends and public holidays) 
Ongoing 0.7fte 52.5 hours per fortnight, Night Shift 
Ongoing 0.7fte 52.5 hours per fortnight, Day Shift

About Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders Ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

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Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 899073

Enquiries

Application Closing Date

30 April 2025, 11:55PM

Attachments

899073 Emergency Department Administration - Role Description.pdf

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