Advance Coding Quality and Data Integrity in a Major Health Service!

Join Metro South Health as a Senior Coding Quality Coordinator and lead the delivery of a comprehensive coding quality program. In this senior role, you will coordinate audits, education and clinical liaison activities to ensure high standards of coding accuracy, data integrity and Activity Based Funding outcomes!

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About Your Role

As the Senior Coding Quality Coordinator, you will lead and coordinate the Coding Quality Program at Logan Hospital and contribute to initiatives across Metro South Health.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate the Coding Quality Program including auditing, education and clinical liaison activities
• Plan and lead coding audits and provide feedback to coders, auditors and educators
• Identify training needs and deliver education and mentoring to clinical coding staff
• Provide expert advice to clinicians on documentation requirements for accurate coding and DRG allocation
• Support and promote the Coding Query process between clinicians and coding staff

About You

You are an experienced clinical coding professional with strong technical expertise and a passion for quality improvement and education. 

You will demonstrate:

• Advanced clinical coding knowledge using ICD-10-AM, ACHI and ACS
• Extensive experience in clinical coding, auditing or coding quality improvement
• Strong ability to analyse coding data and identify improvement opportunities
• Proven experience delivering training, education or mentoring to coding staff
• Proficiency with coding and health information systems including 3M Codefinder and Microsoft Office

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• 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.

Logan Hospital:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

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.

• MS04678306 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)