Part-Time Clinical Coder – Hybrid (ICD-10/DRG)

Mater Health Services; Townsville City; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 71,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

On-site and hybrid work

Not-for-profit salary benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Mater Health Services in Townsville is seeking a Clinical Coder for a permanent part-time 16 hours per week role. The position supports on-site and hybrid work options from our Townsville Campus.

You will code across private and public patients, ensuring high-quality clinical data while applying confidentiality and privacy principles. Experience with ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS and 3M Codefinder is preferred; salary range is competitive with not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.

Qualifications

• HIMAA Introductory/Intermediate Clinical Coding Course or Certificate IV in Clinical Classification.
• Up-to-date ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS coding knowledge.
• Experience using 3M Codefinder, WebPAS and iPM.
• Strong planning and workload management abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assign morbidity and procedure codes to patient episodes.
• Code inpatient episodes per Australian Coding Standards.
• Maintain high coding accuracy and understand DRG impact on funding.
• Identify unclear documentation and query when needed.
• Participate in coding audits, quality initiatives and education.

Skills

Organisation

Verbal communication

Written communication

Autonomy

Teamwork

Private sector funding knowledge

Education

HIMAA Introductory/Intermediate Clinical Coding Course

Certificate IV in Clinical Classification (or equivalent)

Tools

3M Codefinder

WebPAS

iPM

Job description

Mater Health Services in Townsville is seeking a Clinical Coder for a permanent part-time 16 hours per week role. The position supports on-site and hybrid work options from our Townsville Campus.

You will code across private and public patients, ensuring high-quality clinical data while applying confidentiality and privacy principles. Experience with ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS and 3M Codefinder is preferred; salary range is competitive with not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.