Clinical Documentation & Coding Specialist

Northern Health; Portugal; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Northern Health in Melbourne is seeking a Clinical Documentation Specialist to join the Clinical Coding team. The role focuses on ensuring the completeness and accuracy of clinician documentation in patient records to support high-quality patient care and appropriate reimbursement.

The successful candidate will work with clinicians and non-clinical staff across campuses, bring strong organisational skills and IT literacy, and contribute to accreditation standards and quality reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience and good working knowledge of clinical documentation practices.
• Proven ability to work in a team environment with a range of staff in clinical and non-clinical roles.
• Demonstrated high level organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Literacy in IT systems that support information management and reporting in a large complex organisation.

Skills

Clinical documentation practices

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

IT systems literacy

Job description

Northern Health in Melbourne is seeking a Clinical Documentation Specialist to join the Clinical Coding team. The role focuses on ensuring the completeness and accuracy of clinician documentation in patient records to support high-quality patient care and appropriate reimbursement.

The successful candidate will work with clinicians and non-clinical staff across campuses, bring strong organisational skills and IT literacy, and contribute to accreditation standards and quality reporting.