Clinical Documentation Specialist

Clinical Documentation Specialist
Permanent Full or Part time position
Malvern location / across other campuses as required

We’re building for the better!
By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.

At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well- resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.

An exciting role, to drive the integrity and accuracy of clinical information
The Clinical Documentation Specialist is an integral member of the established Cabrini Health Clinical Documentation Improvement Program. If you love working with people and are passionate about clinical information, accuracy, detail and ensuring performance improvement then this role is for you.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Utilise advanced clinical knowledge to support and promote high-quality clinical documentation practices.
• Engage and educate clinicians on best practice documentation standards and improvement strategies.
• Provide practical documentation guidance, tips, and techniques tailored for clinicians working in busy clinical environments.
• Actively promote and embed documentation improvement initiatives across clinical teams.
• Partner with Health Information Services, Health Funding Compliance, and other hospital departments to support accurate and compliant documentation practices.

What we’re looking for:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications – Health Information Management or Nursing (Critical Care or other Post Graduate course, highly regarded) with experience in complex care needs, casemix management, episodic funding or documentation improvement or similar - current AHPRA registration where relevant
• Recent private health sector experience, knowledge of current funding payment models and contractual arrangements in a medium to large organisation
• Strong knowledge of anatomy and physiology/pathology of disease processes
• Highly developed understanding of Microsoft Office products – Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent critical thinking/analytical skills with high level of attention to detail

What We Offer:

• Salary Packaging options up to $18,850 per annum to increase your take-home pay
• Access to a range of retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
• Located close to public transport and Myki Commuter Club discount
• A commitment to health and wellbeing initiatives including discounted access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• An inclusive workforce, invested in your professional growth and personal development
• Commitment to speaking up loudly for safety in the workplace

Interested? For further information, view the full position description or contact: Arlene Jeffery, Recruitment Advisor - 0477 280 238

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.