Pool and Bank Liaison officer

Employment Type: Permanent full time / part time

Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg

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Contact: HSRecruit@mercy.com.au

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

  • Extend your career in a close supportive team

  • Enjoy a role that will be varied, challenging, and rewarding

  • Permanent part-time job share working weekday shifts

The Workforce Unit is a small friendly team in a fast-paced hospital environment. As a Pool Bank Liaison Officer in this team, you will coordinate staffing resources for our Clinical teams across the hospital.

You will work closely with the Director of Nursing to streamline and facilitate recruitment and workforce processes:

  • Coordinate interviews liaising with both applicants and Nurse Managers

  • Assist with rostering and allocation of Pool nurses and midwives

  • Assist with On-Boarding new Bank and Pool staff, coordinating orientation, setting up access to rostering and IT services

  • Develop close relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly Bank and Pool nurses and Senior Nursing staff, Allocators and Afterhours Coordinators

What you’ll bring

  • Experience in an office environment

  • High-level office skills with an eye for detail

  • High level of customer service

  • Excellent time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem-solve.

  • A compassionate, flexible and positive approach.

  • The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

  • A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

  • Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.