Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Communications, Marketing and Media, Finance, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Information Management, Procurement
Reference: 60424
An exciting opportunity exists for qualified administrative clerks to join a busy and dynamic team within Elective Surgery Services (ESS) on a temporary basis. (8 months)
- Be part of a large team to support and coordinate all administrative functions related to patient care, in order to support the Preadmission and Elective Services clinical teams to deliver safe, effective and person centred care
- Be a valuable member of the team and gain job satisfaction in helping others and contributing to a patients journey
- Use your database skills and excellent communication within a large and dynamic team to contribute to the progression of a patent's surgical journey
Are you a true people person who enjoys working in a dynamic team assisting patients along their surgical journey? The Elective Services team are seeking applicants for clerical staff to perform duties relating to managing patients on the Elective Surgery Waiting List by providing an efficient, compassionate, respectful and reliable administrative service to support all specialties within Monash Health.
**About Monash Health**
**About the Role**
The position of Elective Services Clerk is responsible for managing all administrative duties related to Elective bookings across multiple sites. This includes data entry and patient inquiries from the point of referral to the day of admission. The role is multi-faceted and will encompass working throughout the different areas of the department including telephone enquiries, processing of Requests for Elective Admissions (REA), patient data entry and appointment scheduling in the patient administration system (iPM) and outlook, scanned medical records (SMR), electronic medical records (EMR), and collating and preparing relevant paperwork for scanning. The position may also encompass face to face administrative duties in our co-aligned pre-admission clinics.
**About You**
We are seeking a friendly, compassionate person who enjoys supporting patients through their surgical journey in a busy and dynamic team. Previous history in health care setting and skilled in iPM/outlook desirable.
**Monash Health employee benefits**:
- Salary packaging
- Onsite discounted staff parking
- Discounted banking (BankVic)
- Onsite Gym
- Access to professional development courses and seminars
**How to Apply**
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.