Job Description

The Health Information Services (HIS) department is seeking a highly motivated, organised and productive person to join our HIS Coding Assistant Team on a permanent full time basis.

In this role you will provide administrative support to Health Information Managers and Clinical Coders in obtaining documentation required for clinical coding. You will be sending requests to medical staff for further clinical documentation such as clinical coding queries, discharge summaries and typed reports. You will also liaise with wards and clinical areas for the missing medical record notes.

Responsibilities/ Duties:
Sending and following up requests with doctors’ rooms for further documentation including clinical coding queries, discharge summaries, typed reports.
Obtaining pathology results from various pathology services.
Liaising with wards and clinical areas to obtain missing clinical documentation.
Ensuring iPM (patient information) and Code Focus systems are kept up to date with accurate information regarding the status of all requests.

Position Description Inherent Requirements

📌 Coding Assistant Richmond
🏢 Epworth
📍 Richmond