Administrative Assistant - Infection Control

About the Role

An opportunity exists for an experienced administrative professional who thrives working in a fast paced and complex work environment.

Working in conjunction with a team of professionals, this position will be responsible for the provision of high-level administrative support to the Infection Prevention and Control Team primarily at Horsham and the GH Infection Prevention and Control department as required.

 Skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience in the provision of, or the ability to provide, confidential, secretarial and administrative support
• Proven ability to manage workload and prioritisation with minimal supervision; ability to draft correspondence and other written documentation with minimal direction as required.
• Word processing and keyboard skills
• Database management skills
• Highly developed computer skills
• Communication skills

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining accurate availability in our electronic rostering system and accepting shifts based on availability
• Demonstrated ability to function within a team
• Flexibility to work across a variety of locations and shift times
• Provide a high standard of administrative support
• Accurate data entry into required software systems
• Willingness to learn and the ability to prioritise tasks
• Participate in annual performance reviews
• Commitment to ongoing mandatory education

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated high level communication to be able to interact with a wide variety of individuals
• High level computer skills are essential for this role with particular emphasis on accurate data entry
• Demonstrated person-centred care and respectful approach to patients, visitors and staff
• Prior experience in a health setting would be advantageous but is not essential
• Current Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain is essential

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Christina Morvell on 0457403436 for a confidential discussion. 

Job applications close: 9 January 2026

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.