
Patient Administration Assistant
St John of God Health Care
Posted 3 days ago
Welcome to St John of God Health Care
St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.
St John of God Geraldton Hospital is a small, community-focused acute private hospital providing medical and surgical care, including maternity and hospice services for people living in the coastal town and regional areas in WA's Midwest. Geraldton is about a four and half hour drive north of Perth and offers all the benefits of living in small town while being a fantastic base for exploring the state's world famous coral coast
Your role at St John of God Geraldton Hospital
You will contribute to a high performing admissions service, by ensuring overall integrity, accuracy and timeliness of all patient admissions and theatre bookings, while providing a consistently positive patient experience.
The Position
- Facilitate all aspects of patient admissions
- Generate patient admissions' files and adhere to sound document management
- Conduct health fund checks
- Obtain quotes for uninsured patients
- Process outstanding admissions paperwork
- Receipt all monies received
- Provide patient with all relevant information regarding their admission into hospital and full details of associated costs
- Provide and maintain a prompt and efficient telephone and reception service for the hospital, including switchboard and wayfinding
- Ensure that a high level of customer service is provided in a professional and courteous manner
Essential Criteria
Sound interpersonal and communications skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to provide high-level customer service are essential to the role. You will have a high-level of attention to detail and data entry accuracy, with sound planning and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise tasks and cope with competing demands.
To succeed you will have demonstrated experience in a fast-paced administration position with the ability to liaise effectively with the public, patients, and all levels of caregivers in a professional manner. In addition, you will possess sound computer skills with a good working knowledge of MS office and a general understanding of document management.
Flexibility will be required, as this position will involve working a variety of different shifts, including weekends and school holidays.
Previous experience in a hospital or similar working environment plus a good working knowledge of webPAS will be highly regarded.
Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do, committing to and supporting our Mission and Values
We can offer you
- Salary: $42 to $45 per hour (inclusive of casual loading), plus 11.5% superannuation
- Casual position
- Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
- Novated leasing
- work related expenses
- self-education and
- additional superannuation
- Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
- Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Free onsite parking
All applicants are asked to submit a current CV and covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.
For enquiries contact Wendy Acton, Executive Assistant & Administration Services Supervisor, on (08) 9965 8888
Applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews conducted regularly. Apply today!
Applications Close: 10th May 2025
About St John of God Health Care
St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) is a leading health care provider, with private hospitals, home nursing, pathology and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand, and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
As a Catholic not-for-profit group SJGHC return all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing social outreach services to people in need to improve health and wellbeing.
With more than 120 years of experience in health care, we have an excellent reputation for providing quality health services to metropolitan and regional communities.
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