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• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – Elizabeth Vale
• Salary: $64,195 - $67,154 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – ASO2
• Temporary Full-Time, up to 17 December 2027

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity is available to join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Cashier Assistant within Hospital Revenue Services. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, numbers, and systems and who takes pride in keeping essential hospital financial processes running smoothly.

As a Cashier Assistant, you will play a key role in ensuring hospital revenue is processed accurately, efficiently, and on time. From front-line cashier functions to complex billing and reporting activities, your work will directly support patient services and the broader health network.

At the core of this role is the delivery of efficient, accurate, and compliant cashier and billing services. Your responsibilities will include:

• Cashier and Revenue Collection Activities - including receiving and receipting over-the-counter payments, balancing daily takings, preparing banking, and maintaining responsibility for the hospital safe.
• Hospital Billing and Accounts Administration - supporting end-to-end hospital billing processes, including raising patient invoices, raising and entering billing data, and issuing accounts through hospital systems.
• Debt Management, Reporting, and Reconciliations - monitoring outstanding debtor balances, following-up overdue accounts, and process approved debt waivers and write offs.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you are someone who thrives in a detail-focused environment while still delivering excellent customer service. In addition you will bring:

• proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with customers and colleagues
• strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess information and develop practical solutions
• demonstrated accuracy and efficiency in data entry, supported by solid computer skills
• a structured approach to managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines
• high professional integrity, with a strong commitment to confidentiality and credibility
• the ability to work with minimal supervision, using initiative and sound judgement
• a customer-focused mindset, with experience identifying needs and delivering quality service outcomes
• experience using computerised accounting, billing, and financial systems
• experience entering financial data and statistics, with exposure to finance processes

If you’re looking for a role where your skills are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions matter, apply today.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)

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: 933891

Enquiries:

Toni Smith

Manager, Hospital Billing Operations

Phone: (08) 8133 2319

E-mail: toni.smith2@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:

15 May 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

 933891 - Cashier Assistant - ASO2 - role description.pdf

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.