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• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Tumby Bay and Cummins
• Salary: $30.01 - $32.28 per hour + 25% casual loading - ASO2
• Casual Pool up to November 2025

Are you an organised, customer-focused individual looking for a casual opportunity to make a real difference in healthcare administration? Join the Eyre and Far North Local Health Network as an Administration Officer, based in Lower Eyre, Tumby Bay, and Cummins. In this crucial role, you’ll be the backbone of the administrative support team, helping to ensure the smooth operation of clinical services and patient care.

As an Administration Officer, you will provide general administrative and clerical services to support the management of clients within the designated clinical service areas. You’ll work closely with senior nursing staff, medical practitioners, and patients to facilitate communication, streamline processes, and deliver exceptional service to all involved.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support for clinical service areas
• Coordinate communication within the ward/unit and with other services
• Assist in managing client information and documentation
• Deliver customer-focused services to staff, medical professionals, and clients
• Support senior nursing staff in daily administrative tasks

What we’re looking for:

• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to provide customer-focused service in a healthcare setting
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Previous administrative experience, preferably in a healthcare environment
• Demonstrated experience in the use of computer based resources and experience in office procedures and office equipment (ie: photocopier, printers, facsimile, etc)

About Us

With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you.

The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy.  We are one of the largest LHNs by area in Australia and communities include Ceduna, Cleve, Coober Pedy, Cowell, Cummins, Elliston, Kimba, Oodnadatta, Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay, Tumby Bay and Wudinna.

Services include acute care, medical, accident and emergency, surgery, birthing and midwifery, specialist consultancy, renal dialysis, chemotherapy, transfusions, rehabilitation, residential and community aged care, respite care, transitional care packages, Aboriginal health, mental health, allied health, community health, community nursing, palliative care, community home support packages and home modifications.

Click here to learn more about living and working in Eyre and Far North Local Health Network.

Applicant Information

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

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: 885715

Enquiries

Rebecca Varney
Administrative Services Officer
Phone: 86760222
E-mail: rebecca.varney@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

26 February 2025, 11:55PM

Attachments

885715 Administration Officer - Role Description.pdf

JCS+Admin+Officer+-+Medical+Records+final.pdf

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