Join our Podiatry Team and provide exceptional administrative services

Podiatry Services at Flinders Medical Centre provides care assistance to inpatients and outpatients considered at ‘high risk’ of lower limb complications.

About the role: 

This role is responsible to the Podiatry Manager for ensuring an efficient, comprehensive, patient and consumer orientated administrative service to the Podiatry Department at Flinders Medical Centre.

Duties for the role will include:

• Appropriately responding to telephone enquiries.
• Managing inpatient and outpatient appointment bookings.
• Assisting the Podiatry Paramedical Aide when required.
• Prepare store requisitions and ensures receipt of goods by processing invoices digital programs.
• The Podiatry Administrative Assistant is also required participate in staff meetings and strategic and operational planning for the department.

About you:

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in a professional and courteous manner with all internal and external consumers
• Ability to liaise and relate well with empathy to a variety of people, including elderly and disabled clients and to handle enquiries from a range of staff, patients and visitors
• Ability to undertake (or capacity to learn) data management, manipulation, extraction and minor systems development of EMR
• The ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision and to prioritise work to meet deadlines, manage tasks simultaneously whilst working with a high level of accuracy and detail

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

The attached role description is currently under review and may be adjusted prior to appointment. All applicants will be provided with the finalised role description.

Want To Know More? Contact: Name, Darcie Jonas, Acting Podiatry Manager, (08) 8204 4884 or e-mail to Darcie.Jonas@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 29 July 2025

Attachments:

• 910455 - Podiatry Administrative Assistant 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: 910455