Clinical Documentation Specialist

Permanent full-time position - 76 hours/fortnight
- An enviable coastal location; walk along Kawana Lake to recharge
- Join Australia’s largest private health care provider today

**About the Opportunity**

The Clinical Documentation Specialist role will see you focus on providing a clinically based concurrent review of inpatient medical records to evaluate the utilisation and documentation of acute care services.

The primary goal of the review will be the facilitation of appropriate physician documentation of care delivery to accurately reflect patient complexity. This is a crucial role in the hospital’s operations day-to-day.

Reporting to the Director of Financial Services, you will improve clinical documentation and support accurate and appropriate reimbursement optimisation.

**About You**

The successful applicant will be required to work autonomously to interpret the necessary desired outcomes and to develop the key performance criteria for this role. You will be self-driven and enjoy a role where you can implement key initiatives and drive change.

You will bring to this role the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, in particular forming a solid working relationship with medical practitioners, excellent critical thinking ability and strong attention to detail.

**Essential Skills and Experience**
- Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
- Minimum 5 years recent clinical experience in an acute care setting
- Knowledge of medical records documentation
- Strong broad-based clinical knowledge and understanding of pathology/physiology of disease processes
- Ability to deliver results within tight timeframes
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office suite programs
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain physician relationships
- Strong ability to work autonomously and deliver desired outcomes

**Highly Regarded Skills and Experience**
- Competent using Meditech
- Strong understanding of Health Fun Contracts

**Benefits Why Choose a Career with Us?**

Ramsay has a great range of employee benefits including:

- Extensive Professional development programs including **Post-graduate and Formal Education Scholarships**:

- Flexible work opportunities
- **A great work culture** and a friendly and supportive team
- Access deals across **retail & hospitality venues**, and **entertainment ticketing**:

- Post graduate and formal education programs
- Free access to **LinkedIn Learning** - over 18,000 courses to advance your professional education
- Access counselling, **wellbeing services**, legal and financial assistance
- Permanent employees and their families are eligible for a **fitness passport** - to help achieve your wellness goals with a discounted gym membership
- **Ramsay corporate discounts** including private health insurance and travel/ holiday discounts.
- Learn and grow with us, we offer assistance and support for **professional development**:

- **Flexible Leave Program**: purchase additional annual leave
- **Discounts off hospital and extras private health** **insurance** - you’ll pay less for hospital cover and receive a higher extras limit for things like General and Major Dental
- **Hospital, Allied Health & Pharmacy discounts**:

- **Salary sacrifice opportunities** e.g., airport lounge membership, self-education expenses and more
- **Paid parental leave** and community service leave

Conveniently located within 20 minutes of Caloundra, Maroochydore and Mooloolaba, and 30 minutes from leafy, family-friendly towns like Palmwoods, Landsborough and Montville, the Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital offers an easy point of access for medical and surgical treatment in a low traffic area and calm environment.

The hospital is owned and operated by Ramsay Health Care, a global operator of private hospitals and primary care clinics with 72 Australian sites employing over 30,000 people. We have been focused on delivering high-quality patient care and practising the Ramsay Way philosophy of _‘People Caring for People’_ since 1972.

**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 Paula Whittaker, Director of Financial Services

Applications Close Sunday 18th June