Clinical Documentation Specialist

What you will bring to the role:

1. Clinical experience in an acute care environment and/or formal qualifications of Health Information Manager/Clinical Coder with demonstrated knowledge and extensive experience across a broad range of specialties
2. Demonstrated ability to implement change initiatives in a large and complex health service environment with ability to develop and deliver education to clinical staff on continuous documentation quality improvement
3. Highly developed interpersonal skills with experience engaging and influencing key stakeholders and multidisciplinary groups to influence others to move toward a common vision or goal
4. Extensive knowledge in clinical documentation standards and understanding of clinical coding documentation requirements
5. Highly professional oral and written communication skills, particularly in development and delivery of reports, training materials, education sessions and presentations to promote the importance of quality documentation for accurate coding and appropriate reimbursement allocation
6. Demonstrated Experience with clinical information systems such as eMR and 3M Codefinder with understanding of their relevance to clinical coding and Activity Based Funding
7. Strong analytical, organisational and time management skills to enable the completion of high-volume workload and the ability to work autonomously and within a team. Must also be able to work outside normal working hours when required to meet with clinicians
8. Willingness to upskill in clinical documentation improvement and undertake CDS training as required.

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For role related queries or questions contact Neelam Narayan on Neelam.Narayan@health.nsw.gov.au