The Team:
The Administrative Officer works within a highly collaborative and multidisciplinary team environment that delivers essential administrative support across Tasmania’s public health system. Depending on placement, Administrative Officers commonly support clinical, governance, or service‑delivery units—such as Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS), Clinical Governance Units, or Executive and operational teams—ensuring smooth daily operations, high‑quality communication flow, and consistent administrative processes across the organisation.
Teams within the Department of Health Tasmania are typically diverse, client‑focused, and aligned with statewide health priorities, operating under structures that emphasise quality, safety, and efficient service coordination. These teams support clinical staff, managers, and service leaders through tasks such as records management, reception services, correspondence handling, data entry, and support for governance and accreditation activities. Their work contributes directly to the effective delivery of health services across hospitals, mental health, aged care, and community health settings statewide.
The Role:
- The Administrative Officer provides a high standard of customer focused clerical, administration and reception services to the Cardiology Department.
You will need to:
- Manage the coordination of the admission/booking process for Cardiology Department and identify issues, trends and problems which may have impact on theatre bookings.
- Provide and maintain efficient Cardiology billing, client related and administrative services including, quality face-to-face and telephone reception support, booking patient appointments, registering patient referrals, coordinating Cardiology theatre bookings and wait lists and providing training to other members of staff as required.
- Undertake a diverse range of administrative and secretarial support for Cardiology Department.
Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.
Details of appointment:
Permanent part time, day worker position, working 73 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.
*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.
Salary: $73,811 to $79,779 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
- Salary range is in accordance with Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022.
Salary Packaging:
You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.
Benefits available to eligible candidates:
- A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
- Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $14.50 per week per person, or $28.05 for a family.
More information about our Employee Benefits can be found here
Eligibility:
Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.
Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents
We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.
Statement of Duties:
Application Guide:
How to apply:
Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.
You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.
*Applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role
For more information:
Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.
Name: Bridget Thomas
Position: Office Manager - Cardiology
Phone number: 6166 8130
Email address: bridget.thomas@ths.tas.gov.au
What it is like working at the Department of Health?
Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellent are the key values to work in Department of Health. Listen to some of the lived experiences from within the department through some of our wonderful staff and hear about their journey in relocating to Tasmania!
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Respecting diversity is the foundation of everything that Department of Health do. This allows us to instil trust and collaborate through honest and fair communication and helps cultivate an environment of growth and innovation. We strongly encourage applicants from key communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ people, and people living with disabilities.
