Administration Officer - Children's Cancer Centre

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Administration Officer, Children's Cancer Centre 

• Part time, ongoing role at 0.6FTE (45.6 hours per fortnight) 
• Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital
• Highly regarded learning environment within a friendly and supportive team

We are seeking an Administraton Officer to join the RCH Children's Cancer Centre (CCC). This position is part time, ongoing at 0.6FTE (45.6 hours per fortnight).

The Role:

The Administration Officer will provide administrative support to key clinical and leadership staff in the Children’s Cancer Centre (CCC) including the Senior Medical Staff, Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Consultants. The Administration Officer will liaise closely with the relevant department administration, medical and nursing staff to ensure that the capacity of the CCC clinical team is maximised and patients and families’ care is organised in a timely and patient-centred way. This role will be closely supported by the tumour stream Clinical Nurse Consultants and Nurse Practitioners, although will require the successful applicant to work autonomously, using their initiative to provide a timely service.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Technical/ administration training with several years' experience or equivalent work experience in similar administrative roles with strong customer service focus.

• Demonstrated experience in using computer applications, including but not limited the Microsoft Office suite, and Electronic Medical Records systems.

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For further information about this position please contact Samantha Bowen, Operations Manager, Children's Cancer Centre, at Samantha.Bowen@rch.org.au or 0481 477 355.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team? 

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Applications close 17 November 2025