AddressAdministration Officer - Adult Acute Mental Health Services
Full-time Permanent
Closes: 01 March 2024
Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 3
Salary: $7,289 - $78,177 plus superannuation
Position No: 57101 - 02G6S
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 16 February 2024
Contact Officer: Tessa Sealey on Tessa.Sealey@act.gov.au. or (02) 5124 5404
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- 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.
- 11.5% Superannuation.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
Adult Acute Mental Health Services currently incorporates the Adult Mental Health Unit (AMHU), Ward 12B Mental health Unit, the Mental Health Short Stay Unit (MHSSU), and the Consultation Liaison (CL) Team across the Emergency Department and The Canberra Hospital (TCH).
AMHU is a 40-bed inpatient Facility comprised of a High Dependency Unit (HDU) and Low Dependence Unit (LDU), Ward 12B Mental Health Unit is a 10-bed low dependency inpatient unit for people experiencing moderate to severe mental illness. These units provide a contemporary evidence-based service providing high quality Mental Health care, guided by the principles of Recovery. The service aims to provide collaborative care involving the patient, their carers, and other key services. MHSSU is a 6-bed low dependency inpatient unit in the Emergency Department for people requiring extended Mental Health assessment and or treatment initiation.
The Neurostimulation Therapy Suite (NTS) is located within AMHU and provides a specialised treatment service to both inpatients and outpatients.
In this position you will be responsible for facilities management, ensuring ACTPAS and MAJICeR systems are up to date and accurate and will be required to undertake other related administrative duties. This includes the provision of high-quality customer service for consumers and their carers.
For more information regarding the position of click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
For more information on this position and how to apply "click here"
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.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called 'Building 5' which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory's history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
#LI-DNI
