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Build Your Career with SA Health - Administrative Services Officer Opportunity

Join SA Health as a Part-time Administrative Services Officer at Flinders Medical Centre, where you'll provide essential support to our Acute and General Medicine department while enjoying excellent work-life balance. This ongoing ASO2 position offers the opportunity to directly contribute to patient care through coordinating admissions, maintaining medical records, and supporting clinical staff in a respected tertiary teaching hospital. Build a rewarding healthcare career with South Australia's largest employer, benefiting from competitive remuneration, comprehensive training, and flexible working arrangements.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Head of Unit, this role is responsible for providing administrative and secretarial support for the Consultants in General and Acute Medicine and the staff of General Medicine by providing sound secretarial knowledge and skills, excellent knowledge of medical terminology and judgment enabling effective management of sensitive, urgent and / or emerging administrative related matters within the department.

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing a confidential secretarial service to the department including keyboard, filing correspondence, Dictaphone typing, diary maintenance and general reception duties,
• Providing accurate typing skills to complete tasks including patient case notes, test results, medical reports, grant applications, manuscripts and general correspondence in a timely manner,
• Answering incoming telephone calls and facsimiles, evaluating them for urgency and redirecting to appropriate staff member if available,
• Undertaking a personal/professional development review on an annual basis,
• Assisting with the administrative coordination of professional meetings and other relevant activities by organising meetings, booking venues, audio-visual equipment and arranging catering

About you:

• Ability to work with minimal supervision,
• Self-motivated with the ability to use initiative, judgment and common sense in performing duties,
• Ability to prioritise work appropriately under limited supervision,
• Ability to be flexible, adaptable and versatile and receptive to change,
• Proven experience in providing a general comprehensive and confidential clerical, typing and receptionist support service,
• Experience in working within multi-disciplinary teams within a health care environment

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Maria Aplin, Administration Officer, (08) 8204 7016, maria.aplin@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 7 December 2025

Attachments:

• ASO2 Admin Officer- General Medicine - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 922056