Administration Officer

Administration Officer

Western Mental Health Inpatient Unit – Footscray Hospital

Be part a new team and support building a positive team culture

An exciting opportunity to join a new and innovative acute mental health inpatient service

Be involved in the establishment and implementation of the admin role in this new service

Life With Us:

The Western Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (WIPU) at Footscray hospital is a 16 bed women’s only mental health inpatient unit that will offer women support, holistic care and evidence-based treatment. We are looking for an Administration Officer who can provide administrative support to the WIPU team, in collaboration with Mid West Area Mental Health Services (MWAMHS) administrative team. The Administration Officer is responsible for, and contributes to, the overall operations of MWMAHS by ensuring that health information obligatory reporting requirement are met including patient admission and discharges.

Your new role:

Opportunity to develop the administration role and provide essential support to the multidisciplinary team and the overall operations of the unit

Support the team to deliver a high quality service to mental health consumers on the units

Plan a pivotal role in ensuring health information and reporting operations are met and information is accurately recorded

This role supports WIPU across 7-days a week; shifts are available Monday – Friday in addition to weekends, as required.

About you:

You are organised, can prioritise workloads and have excellent attention to detail

You have experience in or understanding of health information systems

Strong knowledge and application of Microsoft Office suite and ability to learn new systems

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and engage with people from diverse backgrounds

Experience working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

Willing to support the team and have a can do attitude

Benefit of working with us:

This is a role where your passion and expertise can come together to create a truly defining career opportunity. It is a unique opportunity to help us transform the future of the RMH and ultimately ensure we continue to deliver world class healthcare. 

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.