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Business Support Officer, Integrated Medicine, Child and Youth Service, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service


Cairns

Get paid to live in paradise and join the Integrated Medicine, Child and Youth Service directorate as a Business Support Officer. Hospital in the Home (HITH) provides care in a patient's residence for conditions requiring acute clinical governance, monitoring and/or treatment as an alternative to in-hospital care.

Job details

Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Part-time
Occupational group Administration
Classification AO4
Workplace Location Cairns region,Far North Qld
Job ad reference QLD/CAH655694
Closing date 04-Sep-2025
Job duration Please see role description
Contact person Ms Julia Sullivan
Contact details 07 4226 8716
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About us: 

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:

In your new role you will; 

  • Examine all incoming enquiries, paperwork and correspondence, prioritising and delegating issues and taking appropriate action including coordinating timely responses.
  • Lead business support activities for the service; including review of activities to ensure the team has high level support to manage workloads and meet deadlines.
  • Assist patient service delivery through timely completion and coordination of required paperwork and accurate updating of hospital information systems (e.g. HBCIS), ensuring data integrity (e.g. patient demographics, admission/discharge/transfer times, account class classification, SNAP, FIM score, etc.).
  • Run regular payroll and finance reports on DSS, S/4 HANA or MyHR for presentation to the NUM, Clinical and Nursing Directors, or their staff. Provide advice to correct and mitigate any issues.

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

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Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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