- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre – Podiatry
- Salary $66,442 - $69,504 p.a. (Pro Rata) ASO2 | 1 FTE – Ongoing
Be part of a team where your work directly supports better patient flow and care!
You'll be the administrative backbone of the Flinders Medical Centre Podiatry team, coordinating referrals across SALHN, supporting high-risk patient appointments, and keeping the department running efficiently from front desk to procurement.
About the role:
Reporting to the Podiatry Manager, this role is responsible to ensure an efficient, comprehensive, patient and consumer-oriented administrative service to the Podiatry Department at Flinders Medical Centre.
Duties for the role will include:
- Commitment to delivering high-quality and safe care consistent with the SALHN Integrated Governance Framework and Consumer Engagement Framework, and Plan.
- The frontline management of patients, visitors, medical nursing, and allied health staff in the Department
- Provide an effective keyboard service, using current SA Health software packages
- Coordinate appointments at the central referral hub for all SALHN podiatry referrals across sites
- Receiving and directing patients to ensure that they are afforded professional, courteous, positive, and timely hospitality at all times
About you:
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, professionally and courteously with all internal and external consumers
- Ability to liaise and relate well with empathy to a variety of people, including elderly and disabled clients, and to handle enquiries from a range of staff, patients, and visitors
- The ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision and to prioritise work to meet deadlines, manage tasks simultaneously whilst working with a high level of accuracy and detail
- Proven experience in basic computing skills, including email and word processing
- Experience in the use of patient appointment-making systems and the Microsoft Office suite
- Job share arrangements are encouraged, and we welcome applications from candidates interested in sharing this role
Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.
Want To Know More? Contact: Melissa Cooney, Acting Podiatry Manager, 82044884,
[email protected]
Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 18th October 2026
Attachments:
- Podiatry Administrative Assistant Role Description.pdf
- 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: 951002
📌 Podiatry Administrative Assistant (Adelaide)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 Adelaide