This position is responsible for ensuring timeliness and quality of inpatient and outpatient data classification and collections crucial to patient care, operational and financial management of the hospital.
The Assistant Director is an expert professional consultant in the area of clinical classification and Activity Based Funding both within Redcliffe Hospital and Metro North in addition to external agencies including Queensland Health, other health care facilities within the public and private sector and Queensland University of Technology. There is also a high expectation for involvement in Metro North Hospital and Health Service and state-wide coder education and advisory functions.