• Join our busy Administration team at Barwon Health North
• Work with an innovative multidisciplinary team in new state of the art facilities
• Multiple casual positions available

About Barwon Health

Guided by our values, Barwon Health is Victoria's largest regional health care service and is also the largest employer in the Geelong and surf coast region, employing over 8700 staff. Barwon Health’s core facilities include the renowned University Hospital Geelong precinct in central Geelong, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, the innovative Sunrise Centre,  Barwon Health North a vital services that includes child and family health support, renal dialysis, medical imaging, and urgent care. Four Aged care centres spanning the Region, Mental Health Services that are delivered through a number of programs across the Geelong and Barwon South West region. Community Health and Dental service and world renowned Research that that advances health and wellbeing for all.  Explore all of our comprehensive services here.

About the facility - Barwon Health North

Barwon Health North is a new two story facility located in the Northern Suburbs of Geelong to provide a state of the art flexible health facility to meet the growing needs of the community.

Barwon Health North will provide accessible healthcare close to home and to public transport bridging the gap between the acute settings at the University Hospital Geelong by providing the following services:

• Urgent Care Services
• Medical Imaging
• Child and Family Services
• Healthy at Home (Chronic and Complex Care)
• Dialysis
• Specialist Clinics

About the role 

The Receptionist at Barwon Health North will ensure that all administrative functions support each patient’s journey of access and patient centred care with a high standard quality in line with the organisational values.

Duties of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing information to customers promptly and in an easily understood form and that is accurate, current and complete
• Assisting any visitors with general enquiries whist ensuring that the waiting area in maintained as comfortable as possible for visitors to the centre.
• Undertake the day to day administration duties of the assigned area including, banking, site issues, data entry, DMR scanning, risks and improvements.
• Develop self-improvement plan in consultation with the Clerical Supervisor to ensure continuous improvement goals are achieved.

If you have a friendly disposition, and are capable of working in a team environment, please apply now and join our team!

About the culture

The Northern Suburbs is both dynamic and challenging environment; where staff draw on a large scope of practice and need to be able to think outside the square to work with some of our client cohorts. The possibilities to be innovative are endless. 

There is a strong and supportive team culture in our current services at Corio, which will align and integrate with those being delivered at Barwon Health North. Working together across a range of disciplines staff have a focus on clients and their health improvement or improving self-management skills to enhance  living with chronic illness. Our team culture can be best described as forward striving, involved, empathetic and innovative.

There is a strong alignment to Barwon Health values in our team and as a staff member of our team, you will be part of the culture that lives the values. That is to enable all of the team and clinicians own professional goals to be met in a supportive and accountable environment. Our leadership team understand the challenges at the coalface and we will work side by side with all staff to find solutions. 

What we offer

• Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction 
• Geelong and Barwon Health is an attractive destination with a sunny climate, notoriously laidback lifestyle and great pay rates  
• To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.
•  Located in the centre of Geelong's CBD is an easy commute from all suburbs
• Access to employee wellness program
• A genuine community feel - we look after each other 
• Wide range of professional development that enhances your careers
• Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
• Attractive salary packaging benefits! Living Expenses capped at $9,010 which  includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments and Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 which includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, Please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at talent.acquisition@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

We at Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.