Senior Health Information Manager - Audit & Education

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

Senior Health Information Manager - Audit & Education

Senior Health Information Manager/ Clinical Coder - Audit & Education

• Permanent Full Time (38 hours per week, or 40 hours with ADO)
• Eastern Health
• Drive coding audit, education and quality improvement initiatives across one of Victoria's largest health services.
  

Senior Health Information Manager/ Clinical Coder - Audit & Education

• Permanent Full Time (38 hours per week, or 40 hours with ADO)
• Eastern Health
• Drive coding audit, education and quality improvement initiatives across one of Victoria's largest health services.
  

This role is ideal for an experienced HIM or clinical coder seeking to specialise in coding audit, education, governance and funding optimisation while continuing to maintain coding expertise

Eastern Health is one of Victoria's largest public health services. As a values-led, integrated service united by our Healthier Together promise, we deliver high-quality care, support and service to a broad and diverse community across Melbourne's east and beyond.

About the role

Join our Classification & Coding team in a vital role focused on clinical coding audit, education and governance. Reporting to the Associate Program Director, you will coordinate coding audit activities, analyse findings to identify quality and funding optimisation opportunities, develop targeted education programs, and support coding excellence across Eastern Health.

This position involves:

• Clinical coding auditing
• Analysing audit outcomes and identifying coding quality and NWAU optimisation opportunities
• Developing and delivering coding education and capability-building initiatives.
• Providing advice, feedback and support to coding staff.

What you'll bring

• 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.

What we offer

Being part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts. We offer a range of benefits including:

• Investment in your career through continuous learning, mentoring, professional development, and opportunities to progress into specialist, leadership or advanced practice pathways.
• Work-life balance with flexible working arrangements, study and professional development leave, and leave purchasing options.
• Wellbeing support through fitness programs, confidential employee assistance services for you and your family, and 24/7 access to a range of support resources.
• Financial incentives to help you make the most of your earnings, including salary packaging through Maxxia, novated leasing options, and employee discounts on health insurance, banking and more.

You must be eligible to work in Australia. Applications are reviewed as they are received, so we encourage early applications as the advertisement may close prior to the closing date.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview, and all applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application. Appointment to this position is subject to a satisfactory National Police Check, compliance with mandatory vaccination requirements, including annual influenza vaccination, and evidence of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases where required.

Our commitments

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability across the communities we serve and within our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• We are shaping a culture that delivers exceptional care for our community, and an exceptional experience for all the people who make it possible.

Contact Person: Erica Wardle

Contact Number: 0409 550***

Contact Email: ************@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 25/11/2026

Our Values in Action

Respect for all | Safe and welcoming | Partnering in care | Innovate, learn and lead

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