Position Details


Reference Number 158008
Position Title Ward Clerk
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Program Aged Care
Location Alan David Lodge
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 44
Position Summary
  • Be part of an award winning team in a deeply rewarding role
  • A great opportunity to develop and utilise your administrative and problem solving skills
  • Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment

About the facility

Barwon Health offers Residential Aged Care and Transition Care Services at Alan David Lodge in Grovedale. Winner of two AACQA Better Practice Awards, we offer focused resident care within our 108 bed state-of-the-art facility located just minutes away from the vibrant and picturesque Victorian Coastline.  

About the role 

Are you a self-starter and motivated with well-honed administrative and clerical skills looking to join a friendly team based at a leading Regional Health Care Service? Do you have an eye for detail and are dedicated to consumer focused service? 

There is an exciting opportunity as a part time Ward Clerk, working within the Alan David Lodge.

Your role will be within a dynamic and challenging unit where teamwork is paramount. You must have highly developed interpersonal skills as well as sound communication skills both verbal and written. You will be the face of the facility.

If you enjoy a challenge and are looking to work in a friendly, well supported team, we urge you to apply.

About the culture

You will work with an innovative team who maintain extensive knowledge, experience and competency in aged care. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values, respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation.

Barwon Health staff benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Access to employee wellness facility
  • Salary packaging
  • Social club
  • Centrally located at University Hospital, only minutes from the vibrant waterfront
  • Our Commitment to Child Safety
  • Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
  • Aboriginal Employment Plan

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Other information         

  • At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will 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.
  • Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.
  • At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
  • We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Demonstrated experience in a challenging consumer focused environment
Essential: Previous employment in an administrative/clerical role
Essential: Flexibility to work rostered shifts and additional hours to meet departmental needs
Essential: Computer literacy and the ability to learn specialist programs used within Aged Care
Desirable: Previous experience using the Barwon Health’s computer programs
Desirable: Previous ward clerk experience
Contact Person Irene Janet Sady 
Contact Person Job Title Facility Manager 
Contact Number (03) 4215 6503 
Contact Email irenes@barwonhealth.org.au 
Closing Date 20/11/2018
Position Description
File name 
Ward Clerk PD 158008.pdf Open
Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on closing date. Please ensure your application is added before then as we do not accept late applications.