Job title: State Medico Legal and Data Submission Officer
Company: St Vincent’s Health Australia
Job description: Job Description:
- Role Title: State Medico Legal and Data Submission Officer
- Role Type: Permanent Full time
- Department and Location: SVHA – Mater Hospital, St Vincent’s Private and Griffith hospitals.
- Salary: 34.44 – 44.55 AUD base per hour.
Better and fairer care. Always.We are St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.About The Role:
- The Medico-legal and Data Submission officer is responsible for fulfilling the requirements of processing medico-legal requests throughout SVHA NSW regarding the release of information to internal and external customers and for the provision of timely and accurate health data in compliance with current legislation, statutory requirements and hospital and Health Information Services (HIS) policy.
- This role will be working across two SVHA locations. Mater Hospital North Sydney and St Vincent’s Private hospital Darlinghurst.
About You:
- Co-ordinating medico-legal correspondence (for example requests for subpoenas, clinical notes requests, Chapter 16A’s, Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC), Ombudsmen, Coroner’s requests), and responding accordingly. Coordinating requests includes but is not limited to logging information on relevant databases including Riskman, obtaining relevant fees and consents/authority where applicable, photocopying and scanning where required and liaising with internal and external customers.
- Managing and ensuring the release of patient information in relation to state and federal legislation, patient confidentiality, disposal and retention policies whilst applying health record processes.
- Managing and ensuring data submission requirements including the extraction and submission to health funds via HCP, Private Hospital Data Bureau, Cancer Registry, Private Hospitals Inpatient Statistics Collection (PHISCo) and ANSNAP.
- Engaging the Quality and Safety team to discuss requests for clarification or escalation.
- Utilise patient administration and SMR systems and other software such as K2 Maternity and Mosaiq Oncology to ensure relevant and complete health information is provided for Medico-Legal requests.
Why Work at St Vincent’s?
- Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
- Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
- Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
- Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
- Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia:Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.Pre-Employment Checks:Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.Equal Opportunity:We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.How To Apply:Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role.The closing date for applications is 22nd February 2025.Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.Contact Details: Romina Arrisi, NSW State Manager – Health Information Services, romina.arrisi@svha.org.auAlternate Contact:Closing Date: 22 February 2025 11:59pmReconciliation Action Plan:At St Vincent’s we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. 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.For further information, visit https or get in contact atCode of Conduct:
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Location: North Sydney, NSW – Mater Hospital, QLD
Job date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:31 GMT
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