Coder Auditor - location negotiable within NNSWLHD sites

Southern NSW Local Health District; Lismore City Council; On-site; AUD 910 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Novated leasing

Fitness discounts

Growth – professional development

Team culture – collaborative

Career advancement

Job summary

Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is seeking a Coder Auditor (Health Manager Level 1) to ensure timely and accurate clinical coding, leading processes to improve coding accuracy through mentoring, audits, education, queries, error correction and data analysis.

NSW Health supports flexible work arrangements; the location of this role may be negotiated within the Northern NSW Local Health District sites, with salary packaging and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Able to ensure timely and accurate clinical coding.
• Lead processes to improve accuracy through audits and education.
• Coordinate query processes and error correction.
• Support continuous clinical documentation improvement and funding education.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate clinical coding.
• Mentor staff to improve coding accuracy.
• Lead audits and education to drive quality.
• Manage query processes and error correction.
• Analyze coded data for activity based funding education.

Skills

Auditing

Clinical coding

Mentoring

Data analysis

Job description

Coder Auditor - location negotiable within NNSWLHD sites

Make a new start in your career and life. Join a welcoming, supportive healthcare community, with professional development opportunities + more!
Employment Type:PermanentPart Time / Full Time
Position Classification:Health Manager Level 1
Remuneration:$91,326.00 - $121,497.00 per annum, pro rata
Hours Per Week:up to 38hrs
Requisition ID:REQ691828
You may be eligible for the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme . For further information please contact [e-mail] or visit Careers Incentives Package
About the role
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is seeking a Coder Auditor (Health Manager Level 1) to ensure timely and accurate clinical coding, leading processes to improve the accuracy of coding through mentoring, audits, education, query processes, error correction, continuous clinical documentation improvement, coded data analysis and activity based funding education.
NSW Health supports flexible work arrangements; the location of this role may be successfully negotiated within the Northern New South Wales Local Health District sites.

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.
If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care.

Learn more about NNSWLHD here .

Relocating to the region?

The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

• Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay
• Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
• Growth – access to professional and personal development
• Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
• Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Applications Close: 20 September 2026

NNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.

For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up , our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see www.homeaffairs.gov.au

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.

This recruitment may be used to fill future permanent, temporary and casual positions.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.