Employment Status: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: The Wesley Hospital

Remuneration Value: Salaried 

The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2, 000 staff deliver personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders.

We offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute, tertiary-level medical and surgical services, and through research and education we’re constantly searching for the latest in treatment techniques and processes. We show consideration for the whole person, and not just their physical health, placing our patients and their loved ones at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role:  

We are currently seeking a Clinical Coding Educator to join the team at The Wesley Hospital in a full time permanent position.

This role will see you implement and coordinate the Clinical Coding Education Program including education schedules that incorporate coder competencies, education training sessions and feedback based on outcomes of both internal and external audits. You will also develop, implement and coordinate the Clinical Documentation Improvement strategy – this includes education sessions, presentations and provision of advice for clinicians to ensure an understanding of how clinical documentation impacts clinical coding and health fund reimbursement.

Along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the successful applicant will ideally present with the following:

• Bachelor of Health Information Management (HIM) or equivalent HIMAA Accredited Clinical Coding Certification
• Extensive experience coding in a hospital environment
• Extensive knowledge of ICD-10-AM, ACHI, ACS and AR-DRGs.
• Experience with 3M Codefinder, MS Office suite
• Proven Ability to identify, plan, develop and deliver training and education to clinical coders and clinicians
• Experience in quality management across all aspects of clinical coding, clinical documentation and casemix

We’ll look after you too:

Our people mean the world to us. We do everything we can to ensure they enjoy opportunities and benefits that are as inspiring and rewarding as the fantastic work they do. Flexibility, development, and a values-led culture are just some of the experiences you’ll have here at UnitingCare.

We offer access to health and wellbeing, financial, retail and lifestyle benefits designed to make life more enjoyable. As a registered not-for-profit, we also offer competitive salary-packaging designed to increase your take home pay. We celebrate a highly-diverse and inclusive workforce and are invested in your professional and personal development.

Let’s talk:

To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process. We look forward to receiving your application by 29th November 2019.

Through our values UnitingCare are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community. We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.