Clinical Coder

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Ramsay Health Care Full time

**Causal Employment Opportunity**:

- **Flexible working arrangements to best match your work/life balance**:

- **T**ell us what you would like to learn - we will support you to make it happen**

**About The Role**

The Avenue Hospital is seeking for an experienced and self-motivated Clinical Coder to join our Clinical Coders Team

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Undertake accurate clinical coding by interpreting and abstracting relevant clinical information from medical records and other clinical information systems.
- Assign codes within the most current standards and guidelines of the current edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related health problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) and Australian Coding Standards (ACS).
- Analyse and verify that the required clinical documentation is present for each inpatient episode and where appropriate, follow up/liaise with VMO’s and other clinical staff for clarification where insufficient detail is documented.
- Reviewing the DRG allocation to ensure the DRG allocated accurately reflects the episode’s resource intensity
- Responding to internal and external coding audits
- Participate in clinical coding quality improvement activities, including, coding audits, data quality audits and other coding quality activities as required.

**Your Skills and Experiences**

Essential Criteria
- Bachelor of HIM or the completion of HIMAA Intermediate/Advanced coding course
- Up-to-date knowledge, experience and practice using ICD-10-AM (12th edition)
- Minimum of 1-2 years clinical coding experience
- Ability to work in a small team environment
- Strong understanding of case mix and Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)
- Demonstrated good understanding of anatomy, physiology, diseases and pathological processes
- Ability to work effectively independently and within a team environment
- Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement activities and excellence in customer service.

Desirable Criteria
- Experience using Meditech
- Experience using 3M Codefinder
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite e.g. Excel
- Previous experience coding in a private hospital setting
- Sound knowledge and understanding of health fund contracts

**Remunerations**

On offer is a base hourly rate ranging from:
**$40- $47** plus superannuation based on experience level and qualifications

**Why Choose a Ramsay Career**

The Avenue is an advanced 152 bed private surgical and medical hospital located in the inner city suburb of Windsor. The staff at the hospital are committed to providing quality health care and excellence in customer service.

Benefits of Ramsay:

- **_Ramsay Employee Club_** - access deals across multiple retail & hospitality venues, and discounts across entertainment ticketing
- **_Employee Assistance Program_** - access counselling, wellbeing services, legal and financial assistance
- **_Access to Ramsay corporate discounts_** including private health insurance choices, gym memberships, discounted IT hardware and software and travel/ holiday discounts.
- Learn and grow with us, we offer assistance and support for **_professional development_**

**Requirements**:
Everyone who joins Ramsay:

- Must be **vaccinated against Covid-19, **a vaccine approved by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
- _Must provide a _**National Police** check conducted within the previous 12 months
- According to the role, Ramsay may require a **Working-With-Children** check and **proof of immunisation** against infectious diseases

**How to apply**

For enquiries, please contact:
Julia Crowther, Chief Health Information Manager

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