Health Information Manager

**Date**:11 Sep 2024

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**About the Role**:
This is a Permanent Full-Time position at 1.0 FTE within Health Information Services.

You will be responsible for mandatory data reporting, system support, and performing quality improvement and education activities in relation to patient data. You will also be responsible for completing coding and indexing of hospital separations in an accurate and timely manner using the ICD-10-AM and ACHI classification systems and Australian Coding Standards.

Classification for this position will range from JA7 - JB1 (base salary $88,467 - $101,691 per annum, plus superannuation)

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Undertake accurate and timely submission of data for statutory reporting
- Liaise with ward staff and other administrative departments regarding patient data accuracy
- Amend patient data to ensure accuracy and completeness when required
- Assist with internal data collection, reporting and related projects
- Develop and maintain test scripts and perform testing for relevant modules when required
- Accurate and timely completion of clinical coding, with adherence to ICD-10-AM and the Australian Coding Standards

**Your skills and experience**:

- Tertiary qualification in Health Information Management or equivalent
- Eligible for membership of the Health Information Management Association of Australia
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and contribute as part of a team
- Experience as a Health Information Manager performing clinical coding in an acute hospital setting is desirable

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Department**:
Health Information Services (HIS) provides a range of services for The Royal Children's Hospital including patient documentation scanning, clinical coding and Casemix education, updating and managing access to patient information, medical transcription, data correction and mandatory dataset submission.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Flexible work options available

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**:
**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption