Health Information Manager / Clinical Coder - Remote

The Aushealth Hospital Research Fund Ltd; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Salary packaging up to $15,900 plus $2

Meals and entertainment allowance up t

Professional development

EAP available

Clinical documentation improvement and

Support for medical research

Job summary

The Aushealth Hospital Research Fund Ltd is seeking an experienced Health Information Manager / Clinical Coder to join our national team. You’ll code patient separations across multiple clients using 13th Edition ICD-10-AM, ACHI, and Australian Coding Standards, while supporting audit and documentation improvement initiatives.

You’ll be part of a senior coding team, working in a flexible hybrid setup in Australia.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Health Information Management or clinical coding.
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-AM, ACHI and Australian Coding Standards.
• At least 3 years of clinical coding experience across broad and complex casemixes.
• Experience supporting coding quality, audit and documentation improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication, judgement and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Code patient separations across multiple clients using ICD-10-AM, ACHI and Australian Coding Standards.
• Be part of a national coding team delivering accurate coding and documentation improvements.
• Work autonomously in a collaborative team to support audit and clinical documentation improvement initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Auditing support

Education

Health Information Management or clinical coding qualification

Tools

ICD-10-AM

ACHI

Australian Coding Standards

Job description

Description

We’re seeking an experienced Health Information Manager / Clinical Coder to join our national team. You’ll use your advanced coding expertise across a complex casemix, while supporting audit, documentation improvement and coding quality initiatives.

If you value flexibility, meaningful work and the chance to influence quality outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.

Salary

Highly competitive salary

• Flexible hybrid work and genuine work-life balance
• Competitive salary plus salary packaging up to $15,900 and meals and entertainment up to $2,650 per annum
• Professional development in a collaborative national team
• EAP available
• Clinical documentation improvement and auditing projects
• The opportunity to contribute to organisation funding medical research.

Who are we?

AusHealth is an Australian self-funded medical research charity that provides revenue management, clinical coding, and workplace drug and alcohol testing services.

Established in 1985, AusHealth has contributed more than $50 million to Australian-led medical research, including $4.5 million in 2025.

We are a fast-growing organisation national portfolio of clients with a national footprint.

The Position

In this role, you’ll be part of our national coding team, coding patient separations across multiple clients using your advanced knowledge of 13th Edition ICD-10-AM, ACHI and Australian Coding Standards.

You’ll code patient separations across multiple clients using your advanced knowledge of 13th Edition ICD-10-AM, ACHI and Australian Coding Standards. This role suits a senior coder who is organised, detail-focused and confident working autonomously in a collaborative team.

What you’ll bring

• A qualification in Health Information Management or clinical coding
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-AM, ACHI and Australian Coding Standards
• At least 3 years of clinical coding experience across broad and complex casemixes
• Experience supporting coding quality, audit and documentation improvement initiatives
• Strong communication, judgement and time management skills

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary aligned to senior experience
• Flexible hybrid work and professional development opportunities
• Salary packaging up to $15,900 plus a $2,650 meals and entertainment allowance
• A supportive national team in a purpose-led organisation funding medical research

Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of a National Police Check, satisfactory pre-employment drug and alcohol screening, eligibility to live and work in Australia, and maintenance of your vaccination history.

Company Overview

AusHealth are an Australian-owned health and wellbeing charity, providing services for workplaces, hospitals and health care services with the profits funding ground-breaking medical research.