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Office Patient Assistant

Newcastle, NSW, AUFull-time2026-11-13
On-site

Core

Provide high-quality reception, secretarial, and non-clinical support services to patients and staff at a dialysis clinic.

Role type

Office Patient Assistant (non-clinical support)

Builds

Patient care environment and clinic operations

Domain

Healthcare / Dialysis

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Reception and secretarial services, non-clinical patient care support, billing administration, inventory and stock management, food preparation, infection control knowledge, work health and safety compliance, quality improvement participation

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Answer switchboard and liaise with patients/families, perform clerical tasks (filing, minute taking), manage petty cash and office supplies, coordinate patient transport and holiday applications, admit/discharge patients in billing system, conduct eligibility checks, prepare invoices and banking procedures, maintain patient records, ensure cleanliness of treatment areas, distribute food and nutritional requirements, manage stockroom consumables, coordinate blood sample collection, dispose of waste, participate in quality assurance activities

Seniority

Mid-level, 2 years experience required