Senior Health Information Auditor & Education Lead

Eastern Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Investment in your career

Work-life balance

Wellbeing support

Financial incentives

Job summary

Eastern Health in Melbourne seeks a Senior Health Information Manager/Clinical Coder – Audit & Education to lead coding audit, education and governance initiatives across one of Victoria’s largest health services. This role focuses on driving quality improvement and funding optimisation while maintaining coding expertise.

The successful candidate will coordinate audit activities, develop targeted education programs and support coding staff, reporting to the Associate Program Director.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Health Information Management (or equivalent) or Clinical Coding qualification.
• Eligibility for full HIMAA membership.
• Significant clinical coding experience, ideally within a tertiary health service.
• Demonstrated experience in coding audit, education or quality improvement activities.
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10-AM, Activity Based Funding and Victorian reporting requirements.
• Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate coding audit activities.
• Analyse audit outcomes to identify coding quality and funding optimisation opportunities.
• Develop and deliver coding education and capability-building initiatives.
• Provide advice, feedback and support to coding staff.

Skills

HIMAA membership eligibility

Clinical coding experience

Coding audit experience

Education governance

ICD-10-AM knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor of Health Information Management or Clinical Coding qualification

Job description

Eastern Health in Melbourne seeks a Senior Health Information Manager/Clinical Coder – Audit & Education to lead coding audit, education and governance initiatives across one of Victoria’s largest health services. This role focuses on driving quality improvement and funding optimisation while maintaining coding expertise.

The successful candidate will coordinate audit activities, develop targeted education programs and support coding staff, reporting to the Associate Program Director.