Job Description
Administration Assistant
Req ID:  8591
Posting Start Date:  23/10/2026
Advertisement End Date:  12/10/2026
Work Location:  The RMH Parkville (City campus)

Play a key role supporting the operating theatres and perioperative leadership team at The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Job Description: 

Clerical Assistant

  • Part Time ongoing | 32 hours per fortnight | Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Close to public transport in Parkville
  • Access excellent career development, wellbeing programs and employee benefits.

About the role

Join the Perioperative Administration team at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, providing essential clerical support to the operating theatres and perioperative leadership team.

 

Based primarily at theatre front reception, you’ll support daily operations, assist the floor coordinator and work closely with perioperative staff to help ensure the smooth running of services.

 

What you’ll be doing

 

  • Greeting visitors, answering phones and providing a professional, friendly front-of-house presence for the operating suite
  • Attending meetings and taking minutes, and liaising with theatre staff, hospital employees and company representatives
  • Managing staff lockers, theatre access, consumables, deliveries and maintenance requests
  • Admitting, transferring and discharging patients and providing clerical and basic IT support to perioperative staff and wards
  • Assisting the Theatre Floor Coordinator, auditing documentation, running reports and daily scanning and uploading of post-op documents to Epic

 

About You

 

  • Highly developed customer service, interpersonal and communication skills including a professional telephone manner
  • Relevant clerical experience with strong administrative and computer skills including the Microsoft suite
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • Demonstrated initiative, problem-solving ability, flexibility and reliability
  • Commitment to The Melbourne Way – people first, leading with kindness, excellence together

Desirable

  • Knowledge of perioperative services
  • Experience with Electronic Medical Records systems, preferably Epic and iPM

 

Benefits of Working at RMH

 

  • Meaningful Work
    Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
  • Career Growth
    Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
  • Supportive Culture & Belonging
    Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
  • Innovation
    Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
  • World-Class Excellence
    Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
  • Enjoy great employee benefits
    Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).
  • Work in the Parkville Precinct
    Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.

 

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Interested?

 

Click Apply to submit your application, please include a cover letter and resume.

 

Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

Name and Contact:  Glenn Packham

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.