Manager Clinical Coding

Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; In loco; AUD 120.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Diverse and inclusive culture

EAP access

Private health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Descrizione del lavoro

Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service in Toowoomba, QLD is seeking a Manager Clinical Coding to lead a high-performing coding team and drive quality, accuracy and timely health information across the region.

You will partner with clinicians and leaders to improve documentation, champion audits and training programs, and lead service-wide improvements that positively impact funding outcomes and patient care. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.

Competenze

• Degree qualification in Health Information Management (or equivalent) with professional membership eligibility.
• Extensive clinical coding, auditing and quality improvement experience.
• Strong knowledge of activity-based funding, classification systems and data quality principles.
• Proven leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Mansioni

• Lead a high-performing clinical coding team to deliver accurate, timely and trusted health information.
• Partner with clinicians and leaders to strengthen documentation quality and drive best-practice coding outcomes.
• Champion audits, education and improvement initiatives that enhance performance, consistency and data integrity.
• Build capability, lead innovation and influence service-wide improvements that make a lasting impact.

Conoscenze

Clinical coding

Auditing

Quality improvement

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Activity-based funding knowledge

Data quality

Formazione

Health Information Management degree

Descrizione del lavoro

Darling Downs Hospital & Health Service – Toowoomba QLD

As Manager Clinical Coding, you'll lead a critical service that helps shape healthcare delivery, funding outcomes and service planning across the region.

Every day, you'll contribute by:

• Leading a high-performing clinical coding team to deliver accurate, timely and trusted health information.
• Partnering with clinicians and leaders to strengthen documentation quality and drive best-practice coding outcomes.
• Championing audits, education and improvement initiatives that enhance performance, consistency and data integrity.
• Building capability, leading innovation and influencing service-wide improvements that make a lasting impact.

Let's talk about you!

You're an inspiring leader who combines technical expertise with a passion for developing people and improving healthcare outcomes. You build strong relationships, think strategically and thrive on creating positive change. You want to influence how quality health information supports patients, services and communities across a large and diverse health service.

Here's what will help you thrive in this role:

• Degree qualification in Health Information Management (or equivalent) with professional membership eligibility.
• Extensive clinical coding, auditing and quality improvement experience.
• Strong knowledge of activity-based funding, classification systems and data quality principles.
• Proven leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

You'll stand out if you have recognised professional accreditation and experience leading large, complex or multi-site coding services.

Most importantly, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage to everything you do.

Together, you'll help shape trusted data, informed decisions and better healthcare outcomes for our communities.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region,fromTaroom in the north to Texas in thesouth,our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care.It'scomplex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whetheryou'rea doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member,or administrator,you'llsee your impact firsthand.Here,you'llfind opportunities that simplydon'texist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, andembraceresponsibilities that would take years toaccessin larger health services.

Darling Downs Healthis where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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