Full time Salary: $104,756 - $118,730 per annum + 11.5% superannuation The Clinical Documentation Specialist works as part of the Clinical Coding Management Team and broader Health Information Management Services (HIMS) team.The role involves developing, implementing, and monitoring clinical documentation integrity initiatives to support best practices and patient safety.This includes ensuring quality, completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of clinical documentation in patient health records.The Specialist will partner with the clinical coding management team, clinical, and other hospital staff to review clinical documentation and provide ongoing education regarding its relationship to clinical coding and Activity Based Funding (ABF).Key Responsibilities: Undertake audits of clinical documentation for current inpatients, monitoring completeness and accuracy for patient safety and subsequent clinical coding, Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) allocation, and funding under ABF models.Provide feedback, training, and education to clinical and clinical coding staff on the impact of clinical documentation on data integrity, national reporting, and revenue.Identify, develop, communicate, and implement clinical documentation quality strategies across Hospitals North/North West and Hospitals South, including the development and maintenance of clinical education resources.Work collaboratively with clinical and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate ward-based concurrent and retrospective review of clinical documentation impacting patient care decision-making.Details of Appointment: Permanent full time and part time, day worker positions working up to 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.Note: hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant.Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or fixed term full time, part time, and casual vacancies.Additional Information: We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.Referee details are submitted as part of the online application, so ensure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.Applications must be submitted by Sunday, 20 October 2024, 11:55 PM.#J-18808-Ljbffr