- Full-time, Ongoing
- Attractive salary packaging up to $18K
- Culture that support work-life balance
Sunraysia Community Health Service (SCHS) is a dynamic organisation promoting health, wellbeing and independence in a social model of health. The organisation is a source of primary and preventive care for our community members who are at risk of poor health outcomes, and experience acute health disparities. SCHS understands the influence of the Social Determinants of Health upon health inequities experienced by community members and work with consumers and community members, to structure their care around the context in which they live and work.
The Program
The Program Support Officer will support referrals and service access to the SCHS programs, assisting the community to navigate the health and welfare system both internally and externally to the organisation. Program Support will facilitate streamlined and timely access for clients to the services they require and provide a range of administrative and general support to the Managers and staff.
The position will also include tasks such as:
- Manage referrals into the organisation with a focus on ensuring SCHS interactions with clients are streamlined, easy to navigate, transparent and consistent.
- Contacting clients to arrange appointments as well as collecting required information and inputting into an electronic database.
- Assist the program managers with monitoring and processing of referrals, staff’s diary management, monitoring and reporting on service delivery and program related administrative tasks as required.
- Assist teams with the purchasing of consumable products and completing the financial recording
What you’ll bring:
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work within a team
- Ability to collect information in a sensitive manner, with practical regard to cultural requirements, language issues, special communication needs, privacy and confidentiality
- Well-developed computer skills including word processing, database management and electronic information exchange
- Ability to be reliable and to work with minimal supervision
Apply
For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Julie Munro, Program Manager Allied Health on (03) 5022 5444 or jmunro@schs.com.au
To apply, please forward your covering letter, Curriculum Vitae, responses to Key Selection Criteria and contact details of three professional referees addressed to Manager Human Resources, careers@schs.com.au
Applications must be received by 8am Monday 20th October 2025, 2025
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Compliance
PLEASE NOTE: SCHS is committed to the application of the Child Safe Standards. All positions are subject to thorough credentialing and safety screening prior to commencing employment. This includes reference checks and National Police Check for all SCHS employees. Any prospective employee who has resided and worked overseas in the past 10 years for a continuous period of 12 months or more will be required to undergo an International Criminal History Check. Where applicable, employees may also be required to hold a current Working With Children check issued in the state of Victoria and have a current NDIS Clearance (NDIS Worker Screening Check).
For more information on the NDIS Worker Screening Check, please click here.
Department of Health Guidelines for Immunisation of Health Care Workers require all staff to demonstrate immunity to specific preventable diseases. As part of the recruitment process, the preferred applicant is required to provide evidence of immunisation (and/or serology) to confirm they are protected from risk.
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