Deputy Chief Health Information Manager - Melbourne, Australia - Knox Private Hospital

Knox Private Hospital

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

_Full time position based at Knox _
- _Supportive management team _
- _Utilise your people skills to support and mentor HIS team _

Are you a skilled people leader with excellent time management and problem solving capabilities? Or are you looking to make the next move in your health information services careers? An exciting opportunity has become available for a Deputy Chief Health Information Manager to join our leadership team at Knox Private Hospital.

You will bring extensive clinical coding experience, competent decision making skill as well as demonstrated people management experience to the role.

As a Deputy Chief Health Information Manager your responsibilities will include:

Assist the Chief HIM in the management of the Medical Records Department
Provide continuous mentoring and education to the coding staff
Participate in case mix analysis, education & quality activities
Clinical documentation improvement initiatives
Assist with the timely extraction and submission of mandatory data reporting
Assist with the development and management of forms rationalisation and digitised medical records management
Participate in audits as necessary
Timely and accurate clinical coding

**About us
**Located in Wantirna, Knox Private Hospital is a 248 bed, fully accredited tertiary facility providing Emergency Services, Extensive Surgical Specialities, 20 bed ICU/CCU, Medical, and a full range of Cardiac Services including two 24-hour Cardiac Catheter Laboratories.

Our 17 theatres include a Day Procedure Centre, Hybrid Theatre and supports a range of acute specialties including General, Endoscopy, Colorectal, Bariatric & Liver surgery, advanced laparoscopic procedures, Cardiac, Neuro, Orthopaedic, Plastic & Reconstructive surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Vascular, ENT & Paediatric surgery.

Essential Criteria:

Bachelor of Health Information Management and/or Master of Health Information Management or equivalent
Senior clinical coder experience
Strong leadership capability to lead and drive success within a team to maximise performance
Proven experience in clinical coding with knowledge of ICD10AM, ACHI & ACS
Sound understanding of Codefinder & Turbocoder
Demonstrated experience in the extraction and submission of data to external parties
Highly developed problem solving skills that lead to positive outcomes
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder relationships

Desirable Criteria:

Knowledge of private sector funding models
Knowledge of WebPAS patient information system

More Information:
Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority.

Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check prior to appointment and persons in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.

Applications close:13th March 2023