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 Australian candidates are invited to apply for CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST positions in Doha, Qatar. Interested candidates who wish to be considered are strongly encouraged to submit CV’s ASAP! ABOUT THE EMPLOYER: Located in the Middle East, Qatar is one of the safest countries in the world. It is a friendly and family oriented country with cultural diversity, close to wonderful travel destinations. The holder of the 2022 football world cup sets the foundation to ensure exciting growth and opportunity. HMC is the largest government funded healthcare provider in the Gulf region. The Medical Corporation work collaboratively to deliver high quality, patient centered care to Qatar's growing and diverse nations throughout eight highly specialized hospitals, sub-acute care services and the national Ambulance Service. HMC aims to become a globally recognized centre for healthcare excellence. The Qatar government has recently mandated the use of ICD 10 AM into the State of Qatar and require highly skilled people to help mentor and guide this process as we set about achieving the goals and objectives of the National Health Strategy. POSITION SUMMARY: The chief responsibility of the clinical documentation specialists is to bridge the gap between the physician's documentation in line with JCI guidelines and HMC policies and to support the corporation’s objectives with regards to clinical coding. The roles of the clinical documentation specialists are needed to ensure that we address the inaccurate documentation and data, which will lead to inappropriate DRG assignments that ultimately reduce payments to the organization. PRINCIPAL DUTIES: Facilitating improvement in the overall quality, completeness and accuracy of medical record documentation by conducting audit of open and closed records. Conducts immediate learning techniques in regards to JCI Accreditation standards and HMC clinical and administrative policies Obtaining appropriate clinical documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, nursing staff, other care team members, and medical records coding staff. Educating all members of health care providers on documentation guidelines on an ongoing basis. Actively involved in policy review and development by being a member of the JCI chapter lead team. Demonstrating knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Demonstrating knowledge of the principles of growth and development over time. Maintaining quality admission reviews and ensuring quality audit cycle is complete Supporting the growth and development of care team members and understands and works to the objectives of the National Health Strategy and Vision for 2030. Participating in performance improvement activities. Feed back to clinical coding data quality group findings and recommendations from clinical coding audits. Monitor the completeness, timeliness and accuracy of clinical data. Maintain and further enhance the levels of clinician interaction. To demonstrate the continued achievement of high standards of documentation to support clinical coding in order to ensure that both clinicians and managers maintain a high level of confidence in the quality of the data. Checks and analyses medical records for accuracy, adequacy and consistency of documentation. Account for daily discharges and performs audit as necessary. Perform other related functions. CONTRACT PACKAGE: 3 Years contract renewable. An exceptional and competitive recruitment package will be offered to successful candidates. This includes TAX-FREE salaries of QAR 30912 per month (+/- AUD 8363 per month) , free family accommodation, medical cover, annual return flight tickets, schooling allowances, end of contract BONUS and other benefits. HOW TO APPLY: Upload your CV on Global Medical Recruiting website or email comprehensive CV with recent photo of yourself using the Apply Online Box below | |
| Position Requirements | |
| Skills / Industry Qualifications Required: | EDUCATION: Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Allied health, Medical, Health Information Management or equivalent. Preferred: Master’s degree in Nursing, Allied Health, Medical, Health Information Management or equivalent. EXPERIENCE: Minimum: 3- 5 years in medical records/health information (direct practice experience – i.e. nursing – counts towards experience). Preferred: 7+ years in medical records processing in ICD 9/10 coding, preferred training in ICD coding. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE/REGISTRATION: None Required. SKILLS: Computer literacy. Language – English essential, Arabic preferred. KEY COMPETENCIES: Human anatomy. Medical terminology. Physiology. Pathology and other hospital environment. KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Hospital Executives and COS. Chairman & Heads of Department. Physicians for clarification of documentation. Nurses for status of in-house patients. HIS personnel for data processing and information technology. Finance and HR staff. |
| Education Level Required: | Bachelor |
| Experience Required to qualify for consideration: | 3 to 4 Years |
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| Contact Name: | Global Medical Recruiting |
| Preferred method of contact: | E-mail via Apply Online Box (below when logged in) |
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