Clinical Coder

**Clinical Coder**
**Full-time Permanent**:
**Closes: 24 March 2023**:
**Classification**: Clinical Coder Level 1 $
**Salary**: $89,649 - $124,387 plus superannuation
**Position No**: 25180 - 0298B
**Directorate**: Canberra Health Services
**Advertised (Gazettal date)**: 07 March 2023

**Our Vision**:creating exceptional health care together
**Our Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our Values**:Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

The CFO Division is responsible for developing and maintaining budgets, providing strategic financial advice, procurement and supply, and operational reporting across the health service. Additionally, the CFO Division includes the Health Information Services (HIS) team, which provides a range of services including:

- Provision of health records and personal health information for patient care, research, quality improvement, education, and medicolegal purposes.
- Clinical record scanning and management.
- Clinical coding and casemix data generation.
- Patient identifier management.

Clinical coding is an essential function for Canberra Health Services to support clinical research and education, to facilitate accurate funding reimbursement, assist in the planning and evaluation of health care services and to fulfil local and mandatory national data submission requirements.

Under general direction you will be responsible for the timely and accurate coding of inpatient records. This will involve abstracting relevant information on-line from the Digital Health Record (DHR) and other associated clinical information systems and assigning complete and accurate codes in accordance with established coding procedures and standards. You will play a key role in determining appropriate DRG allocation, optimising coding throughput, ensuring targets and key performance indicators are met and participating in routine coding quality improvement activities.

**ABOUT YOU**

**Behavioural Capabilities**
- Ability to work within a team environment as well as independently with mínimal supervision.
- Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change.
- Highly motivated with strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

**Position Requirements/Qualifications**:
**Mandatory**
- Completion of an approved HIMAA clinical coding certificate course or equivalent.
- CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

**Desirable**
- A minimum of three years clinical coding experience using the current edition of ICD-10-AM, covering a broad range of casemix in an acute tertiary hospital, with ability to accurately code an average of 3 - 4 records per hour.
- Have an understanding of how the National Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role as detailed in the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

**Career interest categories**:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services