uWorkin

Assist the Director in the management and provision of high quality clinical coding services by overseeing the Redcliffe Hospital coding management, coding quality and coder-clinician liaison functions of Health Information Services.
Job Type: Temporary
Position Type: Full-time
Location: Brisbane - North
Contact Name: Amy Conneely
Contact Number:
Closing Date: 02-MAR-21

Metro North Hospital and Health Service is the biggest and most diverse Hospital and Health Service in Queensland, delivering the best care by the brightest healthcare professionals.

Two of our five hospitals - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) and The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) - are tertiary/quaternary referral hospitals, providing state-wide super specialty services, such as heart and lung transplantation and burns treatment. Redcliffe and Caboolture are major secondary hospitals, and Kilcoy is a regional community hospital.

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro North Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

Provide expert advice to the Director in matters relating to clinical classification that impact on Activity Based Funding and other priority areas for the management and provision of Health Information Services within Redcliffe Hospital.
Contribute significantly to the overall strategic and operational planning and development of the Health Information Service clinical coding function and assist in the execution of departmental strategies and plans to enhance the Redcliffe Hospital Health Information Services.
Participate in the development and review of tools and procedures to improve documentation for coding.
Develop, implement and maintain innovative continuous quality improvement strategies in the area of clinical classification training and development within and external to the hospital, including establishment of benchmarking key performance indicators with peer hospital networks.

Job ad reference number: RD361173 Close date: Tuesday, 2nd March 2021

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro North employee you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTEDThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.