ABOUT THE ROLE

Mater is seeking a highly motivated Advanced Clinical Coder to join our Clinical Coding Services team on a permanent full-time basis. This role will code across all Maters and is based at Mater’s South Brisbane Campus.
At Mater Health, you’ll find we live and breathe our values. We are a healthcare leader that provides care to more than 500 000 patients each year as a private, benevolent not-for-profit organisation – what profit we make goes back into our business which is why we offer state of the art facilities and the resources to advance your career and provide the exceptional care to patients that everyone associates with Mater.
Salary range: $53.24 - $57.92 (MCA5) per hour plus 11.5% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Accurately assign specific morbidity and procedural classification to patient episodes to meet data reporting requirements
• Code inpatient episodes in accordance with Australian Coding Standards
• Meet standards of coding accuracy and awareness of DRG assignment and the impact on potential funding
• Identification of unclear or ambiguous documentation and subsequent initiation of coding queries
• Participate in coding audit, quality and education to expand coding skills
• Apply the principles of confidentiality, privacy and security with the medical environment