Office Coordinator -Noarlunga Corporate Nursing

Palliative Care SA; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 74,000 - 79,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

SA Health is seeking an experienced Administrative Officer to support the Executive Nursing & Midwifery Team at Noarlunga Hospital. The role focuses on day-to-day administration, rostering, recruitment, and HR tasks for 90+ casual nurses, under the Nurse Manager.

Reporting to the Nurse Manager, you will ensure efficient services in line with policies and objectives. Key duties include Pro-Act rostering, handling enquiries, diary management, and communicating changes to nursing staff while

Qualifications

• Extensive experience providing high level administrative assistance to senior managers.
• Experience using electronic databases with high accuracy.
• Ability to prioritise and plan workloads with competing demands.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across a wide audience.
• Resourceful and resilient with an approachable manner.
• Attention to detail and ability to work independently and as a team.

Responsibilities

• Proficient use of the Pro-Act rostering system.
• Manage phone and in-person enquiries, evaluating urgency and routing appropriately.
• Attend to enquiries from internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Maintain diaries/calendars and appointments for the office.
• Ensure casual pool nurses and bank nurses are informed of new processes and policies.
• Provide administrative leadership to nursing staff and managers as needed.
• Liaise with managers to identify improvements and streamline practices.

Skills

High-level admin support

Data entry / databases

workload prioritisation

Communication skills

Tools

Pro-Act rostering system

Job description

Job no: 946385
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Southern
Categories: Administration, Business and Management, Corporate Services, Public Health

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Noarlunga Hospital – Noarlunga Hospital | Corporate Nursing Office
• Salary $74,095 - $78,694 p.a. (Pro Rata) ASO3 | 15 Hours Per Week – Contract Until August 2027

Join our Executive Nursing & Midwifery Team

Work closely with the Hospital Coordinators to provide a high level of administrative support including the auditing and managing the activity of 90+ casual nurses based at Noarlunga Hospital. This role is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the casual nursing pool and related recruitment, selection and human resource management.

About the role:

Reporting to the Nurse Manager, this role is responsible for the coordination of an efficient and effective administrative service to the Corporate Nursing staff at Noarlunga Hospital in accordance with the departments policies, procedures, and service objectives.

Duties for the role will include:

• Responsible for the proficient use of the Pro-Act rostering system.
• Exercise initiative and judgement whilst attending to phone calls or face to face, evaluating urgency and where appropriate initiating action on urgent matters, or redirecting to appropriate staff members.
• Proactively attending to verbal or written enquiries/requests from internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organisation and the public.
• Maintenance of diaries/calendars and appointments for the office as required.
• Responsible for ensuring casual pool nurses and bank nurses are communicated with regarding adhering to new processes and policies.
• Providing proficient administrative leadership and/or individual support to nursing employees and nursing managers requiring the assistance of the Corporate Nursing unit.
• Liaising with managers with recommendations for improvements and streamlining practices.

About you:

• Extensive experience in providing high level administrative assistance to senior managers.
• Experience using electronic databases with a high degree of accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and plan workloads in accordance with relative needs and merits of competing demands.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact positively to a wide range of audiences.
• A resourceful and resilient personality with an approachable manner.
• Attention to detail, ability to work efficiently and effectively and contribute to a team effort.
• Ability to work independently with no direct supervision and achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple changing, processes simultaneously, efficiently, and effectively.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Liz Simpson, Hospital Coordinator / Nurse Manager , 0403 795 625 , [e-mail]

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Wednesday 26th August 2026

Attachments:

• Office Coordinator Corporate Nursing 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: 946385