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Form of work
Salary- Full time or part time (0.9 FTE) opportunity
- Excellent benefits including salary packaging
- Friendly and supportive team environment
An exciting opportunity currently exists to join the administrative team at the St Vincent’s Mental Health department. This position plays a key role in providing administrative support to the Hawthorn Clinic. You will work with both administrative and clinical staff to ensure effective and efficient administrative functions of the department. The administrative assistant plays a crucial role in ensuring and maintaining workflow across the site. As part of the role you will:
Act as a front line contact for the Service
Play a key role in providing administrative support for the clinical workforce
Ensure that legislative, statistical and documentation requirements are adhered to * Schedule meetings, set agendas and take minutes as required
- Monitor and answer telephone enquiries and provide a reception function
Your Contribution
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to determine workload priorities and meet deadlines
Knowledge, experience and ability in the provision of reception functions
Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain
What We Offer
- A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
- Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
- A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
- Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
- Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
- Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
- Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
- Culture of continuous improvement
St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) includes an adult area Mental Health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara. The adult Mental Health service components are: The Footbridge Community Care Unit (CCU), the 44 bed Acute Inpatient Service (AIS) located on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site, the North Fitzroy PARC and two Community Mental Health services (CMHS) at Hawthorn and East Melbourne (Clarendon CMHS). Community Mental Health services comprise the Triage and Crisis assessment and Treatment (CAT) Service and the Primary Intervention Care Team (PICT) includes Extended Triage and HOPE (Suicide Prevention), Continuing Care (CCT), Mobile Support and Treatment (MST) and Homeless Outreach (CHOPS) services. A Consultation & Liaison Service is provided to the health service. NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Service and the Body Image and Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service (BETRS) are regional services. Statewide services are the Victorian Dual Disability Service and the Victorian Transcultural Mental Health.
Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.
Application
- Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
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SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.
Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist: Review the following documents:
Contact Details: Emilia Loriggio, Administration Manager, emilia.loriggio2@svha.org.au
Alternate Contact: Jodie Davis, Manager Hawthorn, jodie.davis@svha.org.au
Closing Date: 14 April 2024 11:59pm
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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