Clinical Coding Educator

**We have an opportunity for a Clinical Coding Educator to join our team at The Wesley Hospital in a permanent, full-time position.**
- For generations of Queenslanders, The Wesley Hospital has provided care through life’s journey — from birth into childhood, to adulthood and to end of life. As one of Australia’s iconic and largest private, not-for-profit hospitals, we’re proud of the valued role we play in the Queensland community. Here, more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff come together to provide care for our community.- We offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.**The Role**:

- Reporting to the Group Clinical Coding Manager, the role of the Clinical Coding Educator is to develop, implement and coordinate the Clinical Coding Education Program, including; coder competencies, education, training sessions and feedback based on outcomes of internal and external audits.- Working effectively with your team and utilising your communication and interpersonal skills, you will undertake a leadership role in coding decisions, mentoring and supporting the hospital to maintain an accurate and consistent coding service.- You will Need:
- Previous experience working in a private hospital setting
- Bachelor of Health Information Management (HIM) OR
- Equivalent HIMAA Accredited Clinical Coding Certification
- Knowledge and understanding of health fund contracts
- Proven auditing and education experience
- Experience with Cerner Patient Systems and PICQ - _desirable_
- This role will be offered as a permanent, full-time position, based onsite at the The Wesley Hospital.**What we offer**:

- Together with Buderim Private Hospital, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital and St Stephens Hospital, we are part of UnitingCare, the largest not-for-profit provider of healthcare and community services in the state, and home to over 17, 000 employees and 9, 000 volunteers.- Our mission is to improve the health of individuals and their families. We differentiate ourselves by living out our values to optimise patient care and experience through committed and inspired leadership and the dedication of our people. We believe in rewarding and recognising our people through:
- Flexible work-life balance opportunities, including family-friendly rostering
- Increase your take-home pay with not-for-profit salary packaging options of $15, 900
- Employee Referral Program, refer someone to any UnitingCare Hospital, and when they are successful you’ll receive a $1,500 reward
- Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities
- Extensive career progression opportunities across our hospital group
- One-on-one support from pastoral care team & employee assistance programs
- Access to _Inspire_ portal - discounts on hundreds of retailers, travel & accommodation providers
- Hospital admissions discounts as well as discounted health insurance & gym memberships
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**_ Please Note: _**:

- To ensure the health and safety of our people, and the clients, residents, patients and people we serve at Uniting Care Queensland, all staff are required to comply with statutory and Government requirements, such as public health directions, and Uniting Care's vaccination policy requirements, with respect to COVID-19 vaccinations. The successful applicant must be able to meet Uniting Care's mandate of receiving all recommended doses of approved Covid-19 vaccines (including boosters) approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the provision of Covid-19 Certificate before commencing employment._
- Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. We know that when our people feel respected and valued, we empower them to share that within the communities we serve and to provide the very best care._
- UnitingCare as part of our commitment to reconciliation and building long term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, would strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. You can learn more about UnitingCare's Reconciliation Action Plan _
- here_.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential: Please confirm your base salary / hourly rate expectations, excluding superannuation and salary packaging benefits.
- Essential: Bachelor of Health Information Management (HIM) or equivalent HIMAA Accredited Clinical Coding Ce