District Clinical Coding Auditor/Educator
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2
Location: Penrith
Remuneration: $55.40 - $65.37 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ526010
Applications Close: 19/01/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.
Our district's Information Management team is growing and they are seeking to engage District Clinical Coding Auditors/Educators. This position is integral to the effective implementation of the NBMLHD Clinical Coding Quality Framework. As the successful incumbent, you will be responsible for the coordination and conduct of clinical coding auditing and education of clinical coders to sustain clinical coding improvements. You will be working with Clinical Documentation Specialists in ensuring clinical documentation is complete, specific, unambiguous, and codable to reflect the accurate complexity of each episode of care.
Key to your success is strong leadership with a focus on developing quality coding to optimise revenue under Activity Based Funding through improved understanding of accurate coding and assignment of DRGs. This position works predominantly in Nepean Hospital. We invite you to take this next step in your career with us. Apply Today!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Accrued Day Off (ADO) for full time employees
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role:
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Information Management) and/or relevant clinical coding qualifications, and experience in clinical coding audit with eligibility for membership of HIMAA.
- Demonstrated high level experience and competency and extensive recent clinical coding experience at tertiary level using ICD- 10-AM and ACHI with a thorough understanding of the Australian Coding Standards and an excellent understanding of Casemix, DRGs and Activity Based Funding/Management models and their application within the health system.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct, measure, validate and sustain coding quality improvement activities in relation to clinical coding data, including coding audits, audit tools, error correction, analysis, and effective presentation of results.
- Demonstrated experience in developing, designing, and delivering education and training programs related to clinical coding.
- Demonstrated ability to extract data from source systems and data warehouses and implement and use available coding audit tools to review, trend, analyse, benchmark, and evaluate coding quality, and report on these activities in a suitable manner
- Demonstrated high level interpersonal, communication, prioritisation, and organisation skills to communicate with people confidently and courteously at all levels and manage a high workload to meet productivity targets and strict deadlines.
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to an ever-changing environment using excellent organisation and time management skills.
- Highly developed communication and leadership skills with excellent presentation and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate coding quality and audit results to key stakeholders.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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For role related queries or questions contact Neelam Narayan on Neelam.Narayan@health.nsw.gov.au
