Clinical Documentation Officer

**Your new role**:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced professional to lead clinical documentation quality and data integrity initiatives within Metro South Health. This role supports accurate and timely health information management through expert knowledge of ieMR, HBCIS, and clinical data standards, contributing to patient safety, operational efficiency, and funding accuracy.
**Key responsibilities include**:
Develop and deliver documentation resources, audits, and education to improve accuracy and timeliness of clinical data.
Manage monthly data collections, validation processes, and mandatory reporting.
Provide specialist advice on clinical records management, health information systems, and relevant standards.
**About you**:
We're looking for a highly organised and analytical leader with a strong background in health information management and a passion for data quality.
**You will bring**:
High-level technical knowledge of health information systems (HBCIS, ieMR/Powerchart) and clinical documentation standards.
Proven skills in data quality improvement, clinical auditing, and reporting.
Ability to lead education and process improvement initiatives that enhance data accuracy and compliance.
**What we can offer you**:
We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
**About us**:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.
We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.
We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, a place of countless opportunities to learn and grow your career
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Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
**We are Metro South Health**:
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
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