Drive Excellence - Support Surgical Leadership!

Are you an experienced administrative professional ready to support a dynamic and expanding clinical service? QEII Hospital is seeking a proactive and highly organised individual to join our Patient Administrative Services team as a Director Support Officer in the Surgical Division.

Job details

Your new role:

As the Director Support Officer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation of the Surgical Division through high-level administrative and secretarial support. Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the primary contact for all departmental communications and correspondence.
• Providing comprehensive secretarial support to the Director and senior medical/nursing staff, including scheduling, travel arrangements, and meeting coordination.
• Managing junior doctor rosters, AVAC forms, leave requests, and rotation allocations.
• Maintaining effective office systems, databases, and ensuring compliance with service quality standards.

About you:

You are a motivated and adaptable professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. You will bring:

• Strong knowledge of office procedures and high-level administrative and secretarial skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to tailor messages and maintain confidentiality.
• Proven ability to prioritise tasks, manage time effectively, and remain flexible to changing needs.
• A collaborative mindset with a commitment to integrity, respect, and supporting team outcomes.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) is a medium metropolitan adult facility providing a range of inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. We provide a range of services, including surgery, cardiology, endoscopy, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, geriatric, respiratory and emergency medicine.

We're making our hospital bigger and better to make it easier for our growing community to get the health care they need. We'll have more beds, medical wards and expanded intensive care and emergency services planned to be opened by 2027.

QEII Hospital, a place of opportunity to make a difference and grow your career!

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS08652440 RD (PDF, 374KB)
  Role Description