Job

Welcome to St John of God Health Care  

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest Catholic providers of health care services in Australia. We operate 24 facilities comprising more than 3,400 hospital beds in Australia, as well as home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

With over 120 years' experience in health care, we have an excellent reputation as a caring, nurturing and supportive employer. Learning is highly valued and there are many opportunities for professional development.

The Position

St John of God Geelong Hospital is seeking a Clinical Documentation Specialist to join the Health information Services team. As a Clinical Documentation Specialist, you are to you are to act as an advisor to clinicians regarding complete and accurate inpatient documentation. You will provide a high quality, efficient and effective service provision, within agreed KPIs and act as liaison between clinicians and coders.

This role will be offered on a permanent part time basis, working 45 hours per fortnight.

The successful candidate will have:

• A willingness and capacity to embrace the Mission and Values of St John of God Health Care.
• Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent.
• Broad-based clinical knowledge and understanding of pathology/physiology of disease processes and minimum of 5 years recent experience working in a hospital clinical care environment.
• Good understanding of clinical documentation in a hospital environment and experience in auditing and reviewing clinical documentation for variance, completeness and improvement.
• Proven ability and experience in implementing change and improvement processes in a clinical environment with successful outcomes.
• High level of verbal and written skills including demonstrated ability to effectively engage, influence and motivate and to educate and coach clinicians.
• Demonstrated competence using Microsoft® Word, Excel and Powerpoint applications together with the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of computer based applications relevant to the position.

The Benefits:  

• Salary packaging & corporate discounts
• Parking available
• Professional development

* All applicants must address the Selection Criteria (as detailed on the last page of the Position Description)

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies 

Please note, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.