Health Centre Reception & Admin Specialist

Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd.; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Income protection for permanent staff

Staff fee discounts on Ara courses

Professional development leave and/or资

Two on-site early childhood centres

Generous leave provisions

Annual Christmas closedown

Gym, library and cafés on-site

Job summary

Ara Institute of Canterbury’s City Campus is seeking a Receptionist/Administrator for the Health Centre. You will be the welcoming first point of contact for students, staff and visitors, providing high-quality reception and administrative support and coordinating appointments.

The role supports a busy multidisciplinary health team, including nurses, counsellors and social workers, and contributes to timely wellbeing services in a student-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of health administration systems, ideally including Medtech, Healthlink, the ACC Portal and NHI Lookup.
• Understanding of patient rights, particularly in relation to confidentiality, privacy and information management.
• Proven experience providing administrative or coordination support, preferably within the education sector.
• Intermediate proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Sound data collection, record management and reporting skills.
• Strong numerical and financial administration skills.
• Experience maintaining accurate records to meet statutory and reporting requirements, with excellent attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Be the welcoming first point of contact for students and visitors.
• Coordinate appointments and support daily Health Centre operations.
• Manage administration, records and financial processes accurately.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Data collection

Record management

Financial administration

multitasking in busy environment

Tools

Medtech

Healthlink

ACC Portal

NHI Lookup

Job description

Ara Institute of Canterbury’s City Campus is seeking a Receptionist/Administrator for the Health Centre. You will be the welcoming first point of contact for students, staff and visitors, providing high-quality reception and administrative support and coordinating appointments.

The role supports a busy multidisciplinary health team, including nurses, counsellors and social workers, and contributes to timely wellbeing services in a student-focused environment.