Your new role:

As the Coding Quality Coordinator, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of clinical coding at Princess Alexandra Hospital. You will lead the Coding Quality Program to support the delivery of high-quality coding services in a tertiary healthcare environment. Core responsibilities include:

• Coordinating comprehensive coding audits, education, and clinical liaison activities to ensure adherence to coding standards and improve data integrity.
• Supporting and mentoring senior, advanced, and junior clinical coders to enhance team capabilities and service quality.
• Providing expert advice and analysis on coded data to inform performance reporting, benchmarking, and funding initiatives.
• Collaborating with clinical and coding staff to improve documentation and coding practices, particularly in tertiary and super-specialty areas.

About you:

We are seeking a motivated and skilled professional with strong clinical coding expertise and leadership qualities who can drive excellence in coding quality. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Extensive experience in clinical coding with a focus on tertiary and super-specialty casemix, showing accuracy and technical proficiency.
• Proven skills in auditing coded data and applying clinical classification standards effectively in a complex healthcare setting.
• Strong communication and mentoring abilities, with a commitment to teamwork and staff development.
• Sound knowledge of casemix funding models and diagnostic related group (DRG) assignments relevant to clinical coding.

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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.
• 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'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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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.

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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.

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