About us: 

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you: 

You have demonstrated ability to effectively manage, prioritise, and provide high-level executive support and administrative team leader functions including the ability to initiate, determine, and follow up work priorities within mandated and tight deadlines, you display high-level interpersonal skills in communication, consultation, and negotiation within a multidisciplinary work environment and you are competent to consult and liaise with internal and external stakeholders on administration, nursing and medical recruitment, onboarding requirements, medical career pathways, and workforce issues.

Your opportunity: 

To provide administration team leader functions and administrative management to the office of the Director Medical Services (DMS) and Director of Nursing and Facility Manager (DON FM) Tully Hospital in the execution of their responsibilities by providing high quality, efficient, confidential, administrative, and executive support.

Your role: 

• Work autonomously to provide proficient and confidential administrative, executive support, and administration team leader functions whilst carrying out a range of duties in a mature and professional manner, ensuring the integrity and efficiency of administrative processes.
• Assess and prioritise requests to ensure the coordination and management of the Tully DONM/FM, DMS and administration team offices are undertaken in a proactive, diligent, and confidential manner.
• Manage the DON FM and DMS' office appointments, records, correspondence, and meeting secretarial support to facilitate the effective management of their calendars, and any other duties as directed.
• Effectively coordinate and process recruitment, travel arrangements, mandatory training, payroll documentation, invoice general purchase vouchers (GPV's), rostering, onboarding requirements and any other requirements for administration, nursing and medical streams as required or as requested by the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM), DON FM and DMS.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )