Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Administration Officer Level 3
Remuneration: $34.47 - $35.54 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ551344
Applications Close: Sunday, 9 March 2025
Administrative Officer Genetic Intake Assistant - Royal Hospital for Women
The Royal Hospital for Women is a multi-faceted tertiary referral and teaching hospital offering women a wide range of comprehensive women's health services. It is one of the world's leading hospitals for mothers and babies and for women with benign gynaecological and gynae-oncology conditions. The hospital is committed to the provision of excellence in health care for women as well as continued research into how to best provide that care.
The Royal Hospital for Women is the only stand-alone Women's Hospital in New South Wales providing unique opportunities for innovative clinical practice initiatives. It is part of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and is co-located with other hospitals on the Randwick Hospitals Campus. The Campus offers one of the State's most comprehensive ranges of facilities and expertise in health care.
The Royal Hospital for Women is close to some of Sydney's best beaches, restaurants and sporting facilities and only fifteen (15) minutes from the Sydney Central Business District and harbour, adding a quality lifestyle to the satisfaction that comes from working within a committed and decided team.
The Royal Hospital for Women is situated between the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach.
The Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) provides tertiary referral services in obstetric and high-risk pregnancy management, genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis. There are two permanent part-time genetic counsellors, one senior and one junior. The junior Genetic Counsellor (GC) will work with the current senior Genetic Counsellor and will assist with the co-ordination and provision of prenatal and genetic counselling services at the Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) for hospital and privately referred patients. This includes aneuploidy screening and prenatal chromosomal testing, prenatal diagnosis, preconception/carrier screening and perinatal loss. The Genetic Counsellor acts as a resource and provides education on current and new developments and technologies in prenatal diagnosis and genetics to midwives, General practitioners (GPs), doctors and other health professionals both at RHW and regionally. The Genetic Counsellor works as part of the multidisciplinary team and functions within the policies and procedures of the Maternal Fetal Medicine, Royal Hospital for Women and Ministry of Health. The Prenatal Genetics Service works closely with and is supervised by clinical geneticists from both the Centre of Clinical Genetics Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick and RHW.
What You'll Be Doing
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is
‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. The genetic intake officer provides general support to the genetic team at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Dept. This is a varied role that includes provision of support for various aspects relating to patient flow through the department. The intake officer allows the genetic counsellors to manage the increasing demand for genetic counselling services and improves the capacity and productivity of the genetic counselling workforce. The role is a primarily administrative but is best performed by someone with some clinical knowledge, training or experience, as well as knowledge of NSW genetic services. Experience with the NSW Genetic Information System (TrakGene) would also be an asset.
Applicants invited to attend an interview will need to complete to complete the SESLHD Pre-employment Health Declaration Form in addition to the recruitment documentation forms required as part of their application.
Benefits
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
Selection Criteria
- Ability to perform a wide range of administrative tasks in a demanding workload
- Excellent communication skills including accurate spelling, good comprehension, confidence in the spoken word and ability to deal confidently and courteously with people at all levels
- Team Player and willingness and ability to contribute to the overall performance and improvement of the Service’s administrative support
- Understanding of the services delivered by the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Centre for Clinical Genetics (SCH)
- Experience of responding to a range of enquiries and determining the appropriate response in a complex work environment
- Experience with a genetics information database
- Strong organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines and attention to detail
- Demonstrated commitment to providing quality service and quality improvement initiatives in workplace administrative practices and procedures
Need More Information?
- Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
- Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Tamara Ellis on tamara.ellis@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-RHW-Corporate@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information For Applicants
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support. Please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au should you require support.
