October 25, 2024

Southern NSW Local Health District

Queanbeyan

FULL TIME & OTHER

Surgical Bookings Team Leader - Queanbeyan

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 16 February 2025
Position Classification: Admin Off Lvl 5
Location: Queanbeyan
Remuneration: $73,551.20 to $75,219.35 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ530090
Application Close: 4 November 2024
Interviews Details: Scheduled within 10 days of closing

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here – We are Southern.

What we offer

Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
Corporate Health and Fitness program
11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
Annual Leave Loading

Where you'll be working
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Queanbeyan enviable lifestyle and affordable property surrounded by an eclectic mix of small towns and villages. With Canberra just a 5-minute drive away, you can enjoy all the attractions of the nation’s capital along with fabulous restaurants. Connect easily and quickly with world through the Canberra International Airport, with the beach and ski fields just 2 hours away. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

What you'll be doing
The Surgical Bookings Team Leader provides and assists in the coordination of centralised surgical waitlist processes to ensure patients, clients and consumers receive compliant surgical services on time, within their clinical priority and are informed throughout the process.

The Welcome Experience
We know how incredible a life and career in regional NSW can be and we want to make that possibility easier for essential workers and their families who are considering making the move. Whether it’s just an initial enquiry, or you’re ready to pack your bags, The Welcome Experience can provide local advice on what life is like in regional NSW. Workers will be provided with concierge-like service and information tailored to the specific needs of each individual or family.

A team member from the NSW Government - Department of Regional NSW called a Local Connector will discuss the concerns, questions and needs of each individual and connect them with the right people and services, to ensure their move and transition into the community is as easy as possible.

To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Regional NSW click here The Welcome Experience. and register your details via The Welcome Experience registration.

Selection Criteria

Demonstrated experience in managing front line administrative services with capacity to guide and mentor staff and build a cohesive team.
Well-developed interpersonal, verbal and written communication and negotiation skills necessary to build and maintain collaborative relationships with a diverse range of health professionals and stakeholders.
Demonstrated comprehensive and proven accurate data entry skills with experience in Microsoft Office Applications, databases and ICT infrastructure.
Demonstrated high-level organisational skills, exercising confidentiality and sensitivity, with the ability to exercise initiative and prioritise workloads in order to meet deadlines.
Demonstrated high level analytical, problem solving and facilitation skills including the ability to make decisions and create solutions that ensure continuity of service provision.
Current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.

Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases
This is a Category ‘B’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs

Australian Work Rights
Please note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia, or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see www.immi.gov.au

Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to building a workforce that reflects the community it serves. We strive to deliver responsive healthcare by fostering a workplace that values lived experience and celebrates diversity. Our workplace is inclusive, respectful, collaborative and safe. We warmly welcome people of diverse backgrounds to apply for a role at Southern. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all age groups people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTIQ+, and people who identify as neurodivergent.

Applicants can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please contact (contact person) should you require assistance. The contact person will be the convenor.

If you are an Aboriginal person and seek support in applying for a role, please visit the Stepping Up website, which has been designed to support Aboriginal job applicants in applying for positions at NSW Health. Visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Jessica Davis on Jessica.Davis@health.nsw.gov.au