A global AI health technology company, Beamtree empowers organisations to deliver exceptional patient care. We help solve real world problems in healthcare by developing smart tools that aim to improve the delivery of care and patient outcomes. Our technology analyses, interprets and improves the efficiency of healthcare staff and resources, so they can make the most of their time and effort.
The Role
The Senior HIM and Clinical Coding Lead is a permanent, full-time role with hybrid work flexibility from our North Sydney HQ. This role is part of a highly professional team of people who are passionate about using quality clinical data to improve health outcomes and patient care.
The successful candidate will be responsible for championing our coding products, continuously listening to client feedback and understanding the market, supporting the development of our coding product roadmap and articulating the business need for new features and enhancements. This pivotal role will provide expert advice internally and externally to clients on health information management and coding best practices, ensure alignment of our products with industry standards and regulations, and lead client facing initiatives to improve clinical coding and data quality.
Job Description
The Role in Practice
The Senior HIM and Clinical Coding Lead will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, sales, marketing, and the data and insights team, to support seamless operations of our coding products and successful product delivery. Some of the key accountabilities include:
Being the Product Owner for Beamtree's core coding products (PICQ, RISQ, Integrated Coding Platform (assisted coding) and Autonomous Coding)
Champion and promote Beamtree's coding products internally and externally at industry networking events, conferences (domestically and internationally) and other active marketing opportunities
Advise on and direct the development and enhancement of Beamtree's coding products and roadmap, including product development for emerging global markets
Ensure products maintain currency for classification markets and remain competitive, adaptable and current through anticipating change to market conditions and business requirements
Promote Beamtree's coding products and support business development activities, including communicating business needs with a strong understanding of the market, demonstrating the value of our products, and assisting with product proposals
Lead a team of Coding Product Specialists (HIMs and Clinical Coders), and HIM & Coding SMEs, including communicating priorities, assisting with client liaison and decision making for products
Support the delivery of onsite or remote health information and clinical coding advisory and auditing projects, including reporting and presenting on audit findings and recommendations for quality improvement to various stakeholders
Provide expert advice and consultation to clients on health information management, clinical coding, and data quality improvement
Support new client onboarding, implement and manage a training and education framework for all coding products, and deliver training and education to internal teams and clients
Communicate effectively with clients to understand their needs and provide appropriate solutions
Apply continuous quality improvement strategies to all aspects of work
Support requests for tenders and other health information activities across Beamtree as required.
Desired Skills and Experience
Who Are You?
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Minimum of 10 years Health Information Management/clinical coding experience with exposure to a diverse casemix
Relevant Health Information Management and clinical coding qualifications
Eligible for full membership to the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA)
La Trobe University Auditing Course qualifications or equivalent tertiary qualifications
Previous auditing, training and education experience in coding highly desirable, with well-developed written communication and presentation skills
Comprehensive knowledge, experience, and proficiency in clinical classification of medical records in ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS and AR-DRG, and Activity Based Funding principles
Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
Extensive experience with using or supporting PICQ® and RISQ highly desirable
Effective leadership and team collaboration skills, with strong communication and interpersonal skills
Strong customer service focus
Self-directed, motivated, and committed to self-improvement
Excellent organisation and time management abilities, while maintaining strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to prioritise and organise workload effectively and efficiently.
Why Join Us?
For more than two decades, Beamtree has helped health providers make better decisions thanks to our pioneering data insights and benchmarking. We believe in creating a better future for health by turning data into insights and action through automation. Our mission is simple: harness data for better care. Beamtree believes it starts with better data and ends in better care - and that better has no limit.
We offer 5 weeks annual leave each year, workplace flexibility and interesting work with intelligent people creating positive impacts across health organisations we work with every day.
Beamtree offers a dynamic, welcoming workplace culture supported by our core values and we continue to grow.