Patient Appliance Centre Clerk

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Permanent Part Time (0.4 EFT / 32 Hours per fortnight) - if interested in part of these hours, we encourage your application 
• Postion Classification Code HS1 - Appliance Centre - Administrative Worker
• Based between The Alfred and Sandringham in the Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy Patient Appliance Centre 
• Great staff benefits!

​​​​​​​About us

The Allied Health Program operates a centralised Appliance Centre model across Alfred Health, with sites based at The Alfred, Caulfield Hospital and Sandringham Hospital. The Appliance Centre is tasked with the supply and management of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy aids/equipment items to facilitate ‘safe and effective’ patient discharge.  Core aids/equipment items are ordered via the Appliance Centre and are then either added to an in-house equipment hire pool or on-sold to patients.  Supply of non-core equipment is arranged via hire agreements with external equipment suppliers with the Appliance Centre coordinating payment of accounts.

About the role

The Appliance Centre – Administrative worker - works closely with the Occupational Therapy Manager and administrative staff including Appliance Centre Team Leader and clerks to support the operation of internal hire/sale equipment pools. Customer service functions, including patient general equipment queries and receipt of payments, carrying and moving of patient equipment items are key requirements of all Appliance Centre worker roles. 

The Administrative worker demonstrates the ability to manage stock inventory and billing functions (including IT systems/processes) and is required to exercise a degree of individual judgement to anticipate and solve defined problems.
 About you

• Previous experience working within an equivalent administrative role (preferably within a healthcare setting).
• Sound public facing communication and team work skills
• Established computer skills
• Flexible and adaptive to demands of the working environment

 Benefits

• Salary Packaging
• Discount Health Insurance
• Car Parking (subject to availability)
• Child care services

Please include a cover letter and your CV in your application for this role.

All enquiries to Bryley Scher, Operational Lead, Occupational Therapy [email protected] 

Applications Close: 11pm AEST, Friday 20th February 2026

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.