Clinical Coding Auditor

Queensland Health; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Modern facilities

Diverse work culture

12.75% superannuation

Salary packaging

Leave loading 17.5%

Permanent full-time

Job summary

Gold Coast Health is seeking a Clinical Coding Auditor to drive coding excellence across diverse patient episodes. You will perform targeted audits, support education, and ensure high-quality coding outcomes.

The role requires a Diploma in Clinical Coding and a Certificate in Advanced Clinical Coding, with at least two years of hospital coding experience. Expect flexible work arrangements, a permanent full-time position, and a competitive base salary of AU$120,016–$129,875 per year, with

Qualifications

• Diploma in Clinical Coding is mandatory.
• Certificate in Advanced Clinical Coding is mandatory.
• Two+ years clinical coding experience in a hospital/healthcare setting preferred; tertiary level desirable.

Responsibilities

• Participate in education, evaluation and auditing programs.
• Complete Queensland Cancer Registry notifications and EVA error review.
• Code highly complex cases; mentor less experienced Clinical Coders.
• Identify system/process improvements and drive change.
• Utilise strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Education

Diploma in Clinical Coding

Certificate in Advanced Clinical Coding

Tertiary Health Information Management Bachelor

Job description

This is your chance to use your extensive skills and expertise in clinical coding to make a real impact.

Deliver excellence in clinical coding by accurately assigning codes across a diverse and complex range of patient episodes. Apply your expert clinical coding skills to complex and challenging cases to play a key role in ensuring accurate, timely, and high-quality coding outcomes across the Gold Coast Health.

If you hold a Diploma in Clinical Coding and Certificate in Advanced Clinical Coding and you're ready to step up and make an impact, we want to hear from you!

About Digital Health and Clinical Coding at Gold Coast Health
Digital Health and Innovation leads the delivery of Gold Coast Health's most significant service improvement, clinical redesign, and digital transformation initiatives.

Within Digital Health, our Clinical Coding Services aims to align health funding to patient care through accurate coding of all diseases and procedures to ensure Gold Coast Health is accurately reimbursed for patient services provided. We also have a key role to play in research and innovation, in that our responsibilities will also include bringing external insight into the organisation for improvement.

About Your New Role

In this role as the Clinical Coding Auditor, you will actively participate in quality and audit activities that drive service improvement and coding excellence. Use your advanced expertise across a broad range of specialties to perform targeted and transactional audits, support education initiatives, influence best-practice standards, and ensure the highest level of coding accuracy.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the Gold Coast Health's Clinical Coding education, evaluation and auditing program
• Complete Queensland Cancer Registry notifications and appropriate Electronic Validation Application (EVA) error review
• Employ a range of advance skills to code highly complex cases and act as a mentor for less experienced Clinical Coders
• Identify needs for improvement in systems, procedures and strategies, applying relevant change once approved, encouraging staff to adapt to changes
• Utilise high level interpersonal and communication skills

Qualifications and Experience

• Completion of a Diploma in Clinical Coding, or alternatively a Tertiary Health Information Management related Bachelor, is a mandatory requirement
• A Certificate in Advanced Clinical Coding is a mandatory requirement
• Minimum of two (2) years clinical coding experience in a hospital and healthcare setting, tertiary level highly desirable, as well as evidence of coding and auditing proficiency within a healthcare facility
• While not mandatory, a Specialist Certificate in Auditing (Clinical Coding) would be well regarded
• Declaration of serious discipline history must be disclosed
• Criminal History Screening will be required for new employees (GCH will cover cost)

Benefits of working with Gold Coast Health

• Flexible work (work from home, 9 day fortnight, RDO, day shifts only)
• Modern Facilities
• Diverse Work Culture
• 12.75% super + Salary Packaging
• 17.5% leave loading
• Permanent full time position
• Base salary ranging from $120,016 - $129,875 per annum

About Gold Coast Health

• Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
• More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Hospital and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
• Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle
• A workplace culture that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work so that they can perform at their best

Job Ad reference: GC693935

For further in-depth requirements please refer to the attached Role Description.

Gold Coast Health is committed to providing an accessible, inclusive work environment. Please contact the nominated person if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout this recruitment process.