Staff Specialist Secretary Support

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Administration Officer Level 2A
Remuneration: $32.83 - $33.30 Per Hour + Allowances + 11% Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ467284
Applications Close: Sunday, 3rd March 2024
Staff Specialist Secretary Support
The Maitland Hospital
About the role:
Our successful candidate will provide administrative assistance to our consultants and their teams to assist with the running of each department. This includes preparation of clinical correspondence from dictations, medical reports, preparing and minuting meetings, and assisting with medicolegal documents.
Maitland Hospital has an expert team of Secretarial staff who provide quality support to the clinicians and consultants across the Hospital. The successful applicant will work as part of a team of 10 Secretaries across a number of surgical specialties.
In this role you will develop your skills as part of our on boarding process which involves induction, online and face to face training and mentoring.
Where you'll be working:

• Maitland Hospital has been built to provide patients with high quality care in a modern and comfortable environment and it embraces technology and innovation, allowing staff new, improved ways to work that will deliver better health outcomes.
• The Maitland Hospital offers a comprehensive range of services including maternity, gynaecology, paediatrics and special care nursery, medical service and rehabilitation, surgery, orthopaedics and day surgery. We have a busy emergency department and an adult intensive care unit as well as mental health, dental, renal and diagnostic services onsite.
• Maitland is set in an idyllic location in the Lower Hunter Valley within a picturesque riverine landscape and historic buildings. It has lots of choice of affordable housing and excellent local public and private schools. Maitland is well connected by road, rail and air, is located less than two hours north of Sydney, only 15 minutes from Hunter Valley Wine Country and 30 minutes from Newcastle.

About you:

• You can work both independently and within our Secretarial team to deliver high end customer service and high quality preparation of documents.
• You are someone who takes initiative and can manage competing priorities with a large number of stakeholders
• You can plan and prioritise workload in a busy clinical environment, as well as accomplished customer service and administration experience

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.
Additional information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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Information for Applicants:
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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.
To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.
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