Administration Assistant

Job no: 940048
Work type: Casual
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Administration, Business and Management, Public Health
  • Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre/Noarlunga Centre – Medicine, Cardiac and Critical Care
  • Hourly Rate: $30.01 p/hr - $32.28 p/hr plus 25% casual loading ASO2 | Multiple Casual Vacancies with the potential for ongoing or term appointment.

Join our Medicine, Cardiac and Critical Care Team

Play an essential role in supporting healthcare delivery across the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. This casual position offers flexibility while contributing to South Australia's largest public health system.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Administration Manager, this role is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative support to ensure smooth operations across clinical and non-clinical areas within the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Duties for the role will include:

  • Answering all incoming telephone calls and dealing with routine patient enquiries – using judgement in conveying appropriate information.
  • Welcoming and directing visitors to the patient concerned.
  • Maintain and update patient Electronic medical records on EMR PAS.
  • Document scanning to SDM capture
  • Receiving handover from NUM/Ward Co-coordinator regarding patient information to enable the appropriate assessment of patient needs (eg requirement for escort, infection control, transport arrangements, transit lounge etc).
  • Conveying patient transfer, admission and discharge information to the Central Patient and Bed Manager in a timely manner.
  • Contributing ideas to improve administration processes and clerical services.
  • Acting as a resource and providing general assistance and advice to medical staff regarding administrative requirements and hospital services.

About you:

  • Previous experience as a Ward Administrative Assistant/Admin Assistant.
  • Experience working in a clinical environment.
  • Experience working with distressed patients/carers with empathy.
  • Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrate problem solving and decision making skills
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and prioritise work and meet deadlines

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Cheynne Willis, Administration Manager, (08) 8204 4039, Cheynne.Willis@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 7 June 2026

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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: 940048

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Categories

SA Health

Locations

Metropolitan South Australia

Work type

Local Health Network / Business