Queensland Health
(Organisation site:
)Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook The Clinical Coding Service is looking for several Clinical Coders to join their team.
Clinical coding is the assignment of alphanumeric and numeric codes to all diseases and procedures patients have during their episode of care.
Coding Services assigns diagnoses and procedure codes to all hospital inpatient episodes using ICD-10-AM (International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision Australian Modification).
The clinical coder accurately assigns specific morbidity and procedural classifications to patient episodes to meet data reporting requirements.
Onsite parking is available and hybrid working arrangements possible.
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim.
We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services.
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community.
We come to work to make a difference.
We save lives, change lives and make the world a better place.
We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, and inspiring.
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 committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
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We are better together .
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role Undertake functions related to coding, grouping and quality to ensure timely and accurate completion of all inpatient coding morbidity data.
Contribute to fostering a team approach to meeting monthly deadlines, education, consistency of coding and improving data quality.
Accurately assign specific morbidity and procedural classifications to patient episodes to meet data reporting requirements of Queensland Health.
The clinical coder is acknowledged as having competent level clinical coding skills and knowledge, across a broad range of specialties.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence , shape our culture within Metro South Health.
Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements.
Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
Documents Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.
MS09589806 RD (PDF, 362KB)
- Role Description Information Guide for Applicants 2024 (PDF, 647KB)
- Information Package for Applicants
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