Hunter Recent England Local Health District

REQ700730

Put your clinical coding expertise to work across a diverse and complex casemix, with permanent opportunities, strong team support and flexible work options.

Employment Type:PermanentFull Time & Part Time, Temporary Full Time & Part Time

Position Classification:Admin Officer Level 5 / 6, Health Manager Level 1

Remuneration:$82,337.78 - $94,036.48 per annum + super

Location:John Hunter Hospital | Awabakal Country

Hours Per Week:up to 38

Requisition ID:REQ700730

Applications Close:Sunday, 1st November 2026 (applications will be reviewed regularly)

Where you'll be working:

This is an chance to work for the largest employer in the region which services a population of more than 900,000 across the Hunter, New England, and Lower Mid North Coast areas. John Hunter Hospital is a Level 6, tertiary referral, major trauma and teaching hospital and is the largest hospital in the Hunter New England Local Health District. HNELHD has strong, cutting-edge connections with the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute.

Newcastle is NSW's second-largest city with a prime coastal location. It boasts stunning beaches, a gorgeous coastline, NSW's largest saltwater lake, and National Parks, and is in close proximity to the Hunter Valley Wine region – there really is so much to explore and enjoy As a centre for manufacturing, mining, retail, health, tourism, education, IT, call centres, and finance, the Hunter offers real employment choices for your partner and excellent schooling options for your children.

You will be joining a team of dedicated Clinical Coders at John Hunter Hospital. On commencement, you will be provided with face-to-face and online training.



You will be supported by the coding manager and the coding educator/auditor. To find out more about your Clinical Coding career HNELHD_Guideline_23_03_Clinical_coding_competency.pdf (nsw.gov.au).

About the role:

We have a number of newly created permanent opportunities for an experienced Clinical Coder with demonstrated accuracy, productivity rate, and knowledge and experience of the Australian Coding Standards to join our skilled team on a full or part-time basis.

You will code episodes for John Hunter, Belmont, and Tomaree hospitals coding a varied and complex Casemix with John Hunter Hospital being a Major Tertiary referral centre for Trauma in Northern NSW, including all surgical specialities along with one of the three tertiary Paediatric Hospitals in NSW.

You will be coding patient records using the current version of ICD-10-AM in line with the Australian Coding Standards and correcting clinical coding errors, queries, and quality indicators (PICQ), as directed.

Remote working may be considered for applicants working within Australia with a minimum 3+ years experience.

About you:

- You are an experienced Clinical Coder looking to join a cohesive and dynamic team.
- You will be dedicated, and hardworking with excellent attention to detail.
- You understand the importance of applying the principles of confidentiality,



privacy, and security within the medical environment.
- You will have demonstrated experience and competence in clinical classification using IC10 AM & ACHI and a thorough understanding and experience with Australian Coding Standards with competent keyboard skills and experience using Microsoft Windows programs.

Requirements:

- Clinical Coder (Administration Officer Level 5) - Successful completion of a recognised ICD-10AM & ACHI and Australian Coding Standards coding qualification with Australian coding experience.
- Senior Clinical Coder (Administration Officer Level 6) - Successful completion of a recognised clinical coding course and willingness to undertake an Advanced qualification or have experience across a broad range of specialties with Australian coding experience.
- Senior Advanced Clinical Coder (Health Manager Level 1) - Successful completion of a recognised clinical coding course at an Advanced level or extensive experience across a broad range of specialties or relevant tertiary qualification in Health Information Management with Australian coding experience.

A skills test will be undertaken at the interview to gauge the coding level and grading level of the applicant.

What we can offer you:

At Hunter New England Health , enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. You'll contribute to the team enriching health in millions of ways every day. On top of this we also offer:

- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees)

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