About this role
St Vincent’s Health Australia is Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services. Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs. The Clinical Coder assigns accurate and timely clinical codes to patient episodes of care.
Analyse patient record documentation and use the appropriate version of ICD10AM, applying Australian Coding Standards and relevant State Coding authority advice. Liaise with Clinicians to clarify documentation in the health record for timely and accurate code assignment. Participate in regular coder clinician communication strategies.
Work across SVHA – Mater Hospital, St Vincent’s Private and Griffith hospitals. Complete Cancer Registry notifications where required and review records for PICQ or audits. Be involved with ongoing training and education sessions at a leading not-for-profit health provider.
Join the mission to provide better and fairer care to all, including the most at-risk people in the community. Access financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, and paid study leave. Open to applications from across Australia with remote work options available.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Information Management) or equivalent, or Clinical Coding qualifications from HIMAA or equivalent
- Provide accurate and timely coding of patient records using ICD 10 AM
- At least two years clinical coding experience
- Previous experience with 3M Codefinder software
- Experience in clinical coding across a range of DRGs with demonstrated high quality coding skills
- Up to date knowledge of Clinical Coding guidelines and Australian Coding Standards
Responsibilities
- Assign accurate and timely clinical codes to patient episodes of care through analysis of patient record documentation using ICD10AM and Australian Coding Standards
- Liaise with Clinicians to clarify documentation in the health record to assist in timely and accurate assignment of codes
- Participate in regular coder clinician communication strategies
- Complete Cancer Registry notifications where required
- Review records as required for PICQ or audits
- Participate in ongoing training and education sessions
- Participate in ongoing audits
Benefits
- Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
- Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
- Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
- Access to a government salary sacrifice program
- Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
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