Shape Data Quality Excellence at Princess Alexandra Hospital!

Join our experienced Clinical Coding Service and play a key role in maintaining high-quality, accurate and timely morbidity data for a major tertiary hospital. Use your advanced coding expertise to support audit, education, complex coding decisions and coder development within a supportive and forward-thinking team! Permanent full or part time!

Job details

About your role

As a Senior Clinical Coder, you will contribute to the delivery of high-quality inpatient morbidity data for Princess Alexandra Hospital. 

You will be:

• Accurately assigning ICD-10-AM and ACHI codes and DRG groupings in line with Australian Coding Standards and legislative requirements.
• Extracting, verifying and reviewing clinical information from patient records and liaising with clinicians to clarify documentation.
• Identifying and resolving discrepancies between source documentation and patient information systems.
• Using 3M Codefinder, HBCIS and related databases to support accurate coding and data validation.
• Leading complex or contentious coding discussions and contributing to clinical liaison programs.

About you

You are an experienced clinical coder with strong technical skills across a broad range of specialty areas, ideally within a tertiary or complex casemix environment. 

You will bring:

• Advanced knowledge of clinical terminology, anatomy, disease processes, medical and procedural terminology and pharmacology.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with clinicians and influence documentation quality.
• Proven ability to deliver accurate, high-quality coding within required timeframes.
• Experience training, mentoring or auditing junior and intermediate coders.
• Introductory and/or Intermediate ICD-10-AM, ACHI and ACS clinical coding course (or equivalent).

What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS12670382 Role Description (PDF)