Administrative Officer

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Glenside – The Jamie Larcombe Centre
• Salary $66,442 - $69,504 p.a. (Pro Rata) ASO2 | Part-time Contract
• 22.5 Hours Per Week Until June 2027

Administrative Officer – Veterans Mental Health 

Join SALHN’s Jamie Larcombe Centre and provide essential administrative and clerical support to the Veterans Mental Health service, helping ensure smooth day-to-day operations and quality patient care.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Regional Administrative Manager,Manager, you will provide efficient, confidential reception and administrative support, including managing correspondence, coordinating patient discharges, maintaining patient records and undertaking general clerical duties.

Duties for the role will include:

• Providing an informative, prompt and confidential reception/administration service for all clients (patients, medical) including telephone bookings for appointments, general enquiries
• Attending to telephone calls and visitor enquiries and where appropriate, referring them to professional staff and other relevant departments.
• Notifying patients of their bookings and appointments by telephone or correspondence as required.
• Creating and maintaining patient appointment listing, clinic diaries and Outpatient clinic reports and assisting in maintenance of departmental statistics
• Providing a secretarial service for meetings by providing agendas, taking and typing of minutes and ensuring actions are followed up.

About you:

• Previous reception or general office experience within a hospital environment
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with all patients, both face to face and over the phone.
• Effective verbal and written communications skills suitable for liaison with public and staff within a multi- disciplinary workplace
• Ability to cope with a high volume of work, prioritise workloads and meet stringent timeframes

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Andrea Cawley, Regional Admin Manager, 0402 388 619, Andrea.Cawley@sa.gov.au  

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 22nd November 2026

Attachments:

• Administrative Officer Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 954892

Advertised: 06 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 22 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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