October 25, 2024

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Kingswood

FULL TIME & OTHER

Ward Clerk - Birth Unit

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Until 29/06/2025)
Position Classification: Administration Officer Level 3

Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $33.30 - $34.33 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ516742

Applications Close: 07/11/2024

With CORE Values of C ollaboration, O penness, R espect and E mpowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and
develop in your chosen career role.

About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

An exciting opportunity to join Nepean Hospital as the Temporary Full time Ward Clerk to support the Birthing Unit.

We are looking for customer service driven candidates who are passionate about enhancing the patients’ journey whilst providing efficient and effective support to our frontline health care professionals. The role requires excellent communication skills, a high degree of accuracy and is responsible for providing consistent, high quality customer service as a person of first contact. Key duties also include managing telephone, email enquiries, and personal contact with clients.

The successful candidate will efficiently and effectively carry out all administrative duties associated with patient admissions to the Birth Unit, ward activity, and patient management. In this role, you will look after general reception duties, outpatient appointment processing, medical record management, and accurate data entry for all patient ward transactions using the Hospital’s PAS.

We invite you to take this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!

What we can offer you (for eligible employees):

Accrued Day Off (ADO) (for full time employees)
Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
Novated Leasing
Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

What you will bring to the role:

Demonstrated extensive and varied clerical experience and knowledge, including reception experience

Demonstrated effective customer service skills

Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills

Demonstrated excellent organisational and time management skills

Demonstrated experience using Windows based software including databases and experience in using MS Word and Excel with proven typing skills

Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a multi-disciplinary team environment

Demonstrated ability and commitment to be flexible and adaptable to workplace change

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of confidentiality and privacy including ability to maintain confidentiality at all times

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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For role related queries or questions contact Lana Hul on Lana.Hul@health.nsw.gov.au