Administration Officer - Out Of Home Care

"Wontakalowa"
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until June 2025
Position Classification: Administration Officer Level 3
Remuneration: $33.30 - $34.34 Per Hour + 11% Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 16
Location: Awabakal Country
Requisition ID: REQ459276
Applications Close: Sunday, 21st January 2024
Administration Officer - Out of Home Care
Awabakal Country | Wallsend
This is a targeted position in accordance with Policy Directive ( ) NSW Health Good Health - Great Jobs: Aboriginal Workforce Strategic Framework 2016 - 2020. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who meet the selection criteria. Exemption is claimed under S21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal applicants must demonstrate Aboriginality by providing documentation before the interview in addition to addressing the selection criteria. For information on Confirmation of Aboriginality requirements click .
In the event there are no suitable Aboriginal applicants then applications from non-Aboriginal applicants will be considered.
About us:

• Our service, Out of Home Care (OOHC) is based at Awabakal Country | Wallsend health campus, comprises of a multidisciplinary team and Administration Officer who are geographically dispersed throughout the district but always available to support each other.
• We have a compassionate, kind and culturally sensitive team who are approachable and supportive.
• We hold regular meetings and strive to conduct in-person gatherings at least twice annually to facilitate effective communication.

About the role:

• This exciting opportunity will involve our successful candidate in completing the following tasks, including but not limited to:

• Obtain consent from caseworkers to facilitate clinician appointments for children in OOHC
• Communicate with carers and caseworkers to arrange and schedule appointments with our clinicians
• Manage administrative duties, including room bookings, coordinating schedules between speech pathologists and occupational therapists, and completing tasks within specified timeframes while upholding a commitment to high-quality support services amid competing demands
• This role is 16 hours per week, however there is a potential for additional or casual hours, subject to negotiation.

Benefits:

• Four weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)

• Superannuation contributions 11%

- Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing. * Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
About you:
Our ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:

• High level of cultural understanding and sensitivity.
• Proactive and enthusiastic individual who is committed to assisting our clinicians in improving the health needs of children in OOHC by providing accurate and timely administrative duties.
• Great organisational and time management skills, set priorities accordingly and apply a range of options to develop solutions.
• Team player with excellent communications skills, both written & spoken who also has the capacity to demonstrate initiative.

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Information for Applicants:

• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit:
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. * This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive
for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

• All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

• Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
• An eligibility list will be created for future temporary part time vacancies.
• HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of

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