Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Mercy Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Mercy Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Health and Allied Health

Reference: 20438

**Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (CDIS) - Mercy Hospital for Women**

An exciting opportunity to use your expert coding, documentation and National Funding Model knowledge outside of Health Information Services. As a CDIS you will drive documentation improvement initiatives at the point of care to support optimal coding and appropriate funding. The position will work closely with staff in clinical settings to provide advice, education and training.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:

- Permanent full time, based at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg.
- Classification, Health Information Manager Grade 2 or equivalent.
- Supported by a CDI Lead and the Manager Coding Quality.
- Utilise Australian first 3M CDI software CDI Collaborate to capture CDI interventions in real time.
- Daily review of inpatient medical records to proactively identify and manage documentation deficiencies.
- Provide education to clinicians and develop resource material to address documentation issues.
- Act as a conduit between coding and clinical teams to ensure documentation supports optimal coding.
- Review Hospital Acquired Complication (HAC) documentation and coding.
- Perform quality audits of coded data and provide feedback and education to the coding team.
- Liaise as required with relevant Werribee Mercy Hospital staff to ensure a consistent approach to documentation improvement initiatives at Mercy Health.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Minimum 2 years coding experience including neonatal and obstetric coding or hold a clinical qualification with CDIS experience.
- For HIM/coder applicants previous CDIS experience is desirable but not essential.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively engage with clinicians.
- High attention to detail and a passion for documentation improvement to support coding. quality

**ABOUT US**:
Mercy Hospital for Women is a fully accredited Level 6 Public Specialist Teaching Hospital providing both public and private patient care through maternity services, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative services, gynaecology, women's health and associated health, support and diagnostic services. We are a major teaching hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to treat the most complex obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological cases.

Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.

Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:
Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

- caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families.
- protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect.
- taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable.
- offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**:

- Proof of vaccination status consistent with public health orders and with Mercy Health’s policy (includes but is not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination compliance requirement).

If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process, please contact us on the details below.

**Contact Details**
- Amber Carlesso, Manager Coding Quality

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