Health Information Officer - Casual Pool - EHC
Job no: 865490
Work type: Casual
Location: Yorke and Mid North
Categories: Administration and Clerical
* Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Port Pirie
* Salary*: $29.57 - $31.81 per hour + 25% Casual Loading - Casual (up to 1 May 2025) - ASO2
*Salary figures correct as at 24/04/2024
Overview
Our Environmental Health Centre is a free community service which can help you understand the issues about lead. We offer services to monitor and maintain low blood lead levels.
The Port Pirie Environmental Health Centre (EHC) is a free community service of the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network that helps protect children from the harmful effects of lead in their environment. The environment has a history of lead contamination resulting from more than 100 years of smelting in Port Pirie.
There is no 'safe' level of lead exposure and exposure should be reduced or prevented to keep blood lead levels as low as possible. Children and pregnant women are at most risk from lead.
About the Role
We have a great opportunity for Health Information Officers (ASO2) to join our 2024/2025 casual pool, joining our dedicated team to help the community understand the issues about lead.
As the Health Information Officer, you are responsible for:
* providing a customer focussed comprehensive confidential support service to Environmental Health Centre clients;
* providing efficient frontline reception service to clients and staff, contributing to the effective and efficient management of Environmental Health Centre services;
* providing a high level of communication with internal and external customers and a broad range of service providers within the Port Pirie region;
* the accuracy and integrity of all client related data entered onto the Environmental Health Centre’s database; and
* providing administration support and relief to other positions within the Environmental Health Centre.
About You
You are encouraged to apply if you have previous experience in working where confidentiality must be applied and maintained, experience in data management and using computerised information systems and applications including Microsoft Office programs confidently.
You must have a high standard of producing work with strong problem solving skills, good time management skills and creativity and initiative.
About Us
A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network
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Important Information
This vacancy is for multiple casual positions, working hours per fortnight and salary will be adjusted according to actual hours worked on a casual shift by shift basis. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
We offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
* DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
* National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 865490.
Enquiries
Name: Mikell Afford
Title: Environmental Health Centre Team Leader
Phone: (08) 86384 100
E-mail: Mikell.Afford@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
Thursday, 1st May 2025 - 11.55PM
Attachments
865490 Health Information Officer - Casual Pool EHC Job Pack.pdf
JCS+Admin+Officer+Medical+Records+final.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
Advertised: 01 May 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 01 May 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time
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