- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Friendly and dynamic team
- Full time - ongoing
About the Role:
This is a full time ongoing position within the Customer Contact Centre.
You will also be responsible for responding to inbound telephone calls from parents, families, carers, internal staff and referrers. This important role involves a high level of interaction with RCH consumers and requires the successful candidate to operate within a 24/7 rotating roster. This is a phone-based customer service position involving a high level of customer service to our patients and families. The role includes rotating shifts across a 24/7 roster. We are seeking highly enthusiastic, team orientated and experienced customer service professionals to join the team.
Classification for this position will range from A010 - A012 ($60,780.72 - $67,194.40 per annum plus superannuation plus).
What you’ll achieve:
- The role is required to answer enquiries through two channels at RCH - the Switchboard and the Specialist Clinics Call Centre.
- Switchboard responsibilities include responding to a high volume of internal and external calls, overhead paging of emergency procedures and maintaining contact directories.
- Call Centre responsibilities include scheduling, rescheduling and cancelling clinic appointments, handling complaints, troubleshooting problems, and providing consistent and relevant information to callers.
Your skills and experience:
- Previous work in a high-volume inbound call centre.
- Demonstrated experience in multiple computer applications.
- Previous experience working in a busy front line customer service-based role.
If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.
About the department
The service is the first point of contact for many consumers of the hospital via the main hospital line, and our outpatient appointment servie. Our team manages approximately 2,000 calls per day.
What we offer:
- Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
- Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities.
- Parkville location and close to public transport.
Other requirements:
- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain.
- Valid Working with Children Check.
Application process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Natasha Warwick 9345 5784
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 staff benefits such as 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?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close 31 August 2026
