Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Administration
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 3553
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
The position is within the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the Austin Hospital, Austin Health; a major public teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre associated with The University of Melbourne.
The Department includes a busy 22 bed inpatient ward (Ward 5 West) located on level 5 of the Austin Tower and a dedicated ventilation weaning bay and 2 inpatient sleep study beds. Specialist clinics include multidisciplinary lung cancer, allergy, pulmonary hypertension, sleep disorders and ventilatory failure. The Department runs the state-wide Victorian Respiratory Support Service, providing a state-wide service to persons diagnosed with chronic ventilatory failure who require support with home ventilation. The Victorian Weaning Unit (VWU) state-wide service provides support to other health services by accepting referrals of patients who are slow to wean from ventilation. The allied Department of Thoracic Surgery is the largest of its type in Australia and is a statewide referral service for thoracic oncology
About the role
This role provides a wide range of administrative support to the Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS) as well as secretarial work for its Director.
Based at our Austin Campus, this is a busy job share role where you will often find yourself juggling multiple tasks at once. This is a fixed term role, 24 hours per week until February 2026. You must be available Mondays and Tuesdays
A regular day will see you:
About you
As each day can vary, you will be flexible and have a strong ability to multi-task and prioritise your workload. You will have a passion for providing excellent patient care with a compassionate nature. Previous experience in healthcare is essential and will allow you to hit the ground running.
You’ll further bring with you:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Carly Longo, VRSS Administration Manager at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Friday 15 August 2025