Job Requisition ID: 3314
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Posting Date: 14 Jan 2025
**Monash Health is a great place to work**
Monash Health is Victoria's largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people's homes.
To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos**:monashhealth.org/careers**.
**Are you a true people person who enjoys working in a dynamic team assisting patients along their surgical journey?**
Then this job may be for **you!**
**About Us**
The Elective Surgery Services team is seeking applicants from 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. Exciting opportunities exist for a full-time position for suitably qualified administrative clerks, to join a busy and dynamic team within Elective Surgery Services (ESS).
- 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
**About the Role and You**
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.
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.
For a confidential discussion please contact Amy Goeman on 0499 698 323.
**Position Description can be**found here**
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
**How to Apply**
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
**Applications close 28th January, 2025.