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What your day will look like….

Your day will be a dynamic mix of clinical consultancy, education, and leadership. You'll work closely with clinicians across various departments, offering expert advice on improving documentation practices and ensuring accurate representation of clinical acuity. Collaborating with health information managers and clinical coders, you'll identify key areas for improvement and develop targeted education sessions for staff. Your ability to assess documentation in real-time will be essential in ensuring the correct coding and optimal diagnosis-related group (DRG) assignment. Leading quality improvement projects and guiding staff through change management processes will be central to your role, alongside mentoring and supporting your colleagues' professional development. Your expertise will drive positive change in how clinical documentation impacts patient care and funding, ensuring a high standard of service across the health system.

Let's talk about you!

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

• Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
• Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
• Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
• Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
• Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance                     
• Fitness Passport
• Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
• Generous Salary Sacrificing