Coding Assistant

**Company Description**
Epworth HealthCare is Victoria’s largest not-for-profit private health care group, renowned for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation. Epworth is an innovator in Australia’s health system, embracing the latest in evidence-based medicine to pioneer treatments and services for our patients.

Our values and purpose define Epworth's approach and delivery. We pride ourselves on communicating and delivering them in a real and meaningful way. Every Patient Matters.

The Health Information Services (HIS) department is seeking a highly motivated, organised and efficient person to join our HIS Coding Assistant Team on a permanent part time (24 hours per week) basis.

In this role you will provide administrative support to Health Information Managers and Clinical Coders in obtaining documentation required for clinical coding. You will be sending requests to medical staff for further clinical documentation such as clinical coding queries, discharge summaries and typed reports. You will also liaise with wards and clinical areas for the missing medical record notes.

**You will make an impact by**:

- Sending and following up requests with doctors’ rooms for further documentation including clinical coding queries, discharge summaries, typed reports.
- Obtaining pathology results from various pathology services.
- Liaising with wards and clinical areas to obtain missing clinical documentation.
- Ensuring iPM (patient information) and Code Focus systems are kept up to date with accurate information regarding the status of all requests.

**To be successful in this role**
- Excellent customer service skills with a focus on meeting the needs of internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent organisational skills with a proven ability to prioritise workload effectively and meet deadlines
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with a professional telephone manner, and an ability to clearly and coherently convey relevant information to all stakeholders, both internal and external to Epworth
- Strong computer skills including a working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (primarily Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Office)
- A solid work ethic, and a can-do approach
- Previous experience in a health setting (desirable)
- Previous experience with a Patient Administration System (iPM, WebPAS, TrakCare) and a Scanned Medical Record (BOSSnet or CPF) (desirable)
- Medical Terminology proficiency (desirable)

Position Description Inherent Requirements

**About Epworth Richmond**
Epworth Richmond is a rapidly growing, fast-paced and dynamic teaching hospital where you will work alongside highly skilled practitioners in all areas. You will challenge your skills, broaden your experience, and grow your expertise through exposure to a wide range of clinical specialties, treatment options and the latest in technology. Epworth will support you to provide the best possible care to our patients by continually investing in your education, better facilities, and technologies.
**Additional Information**
At Epworth, it’s a community. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done. In addition to this, you will have access to:

- Epworth’s enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
- The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
- Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
- Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

**At Epworth, we care.**

We care about our patients and we care about our people. We care about keeping everyone safe. We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers. And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.

**Enquire / Apply**

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For more information, refer to the attached position description or contact Allison Friar (Richmond Coding Manager and Site Manager HIS Eastern) on (03) 8807 7660.
- As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you)._
- At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all - across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs - that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care._