At Region Kronoberg, we work to ensure that people in our region can live safe and sustainable lives. Every day we meet with residents of Kronoberg in healthcare, public transportation, and in the region's development work. Here, ideas are valued, there are great opportunities for development, and a workplace culture that is welcoming, open, and characterized by kindness.
We are currently looking for a medical secretary and classification coordinator for our Classification and Coding Unit. In this role, you will have a regional responsibility for classification matters and become a key person in ensuring high quality and national uniformity in diagnosis and procedure coding.
Classification and coding is part of the Follow-up and Accessibility Unit. Follow-up and Accessibility is part of healthcare's management office and is responsible for monitoring and analyzing healthcare from a management and operational perspective.
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WORK DUTIES
As a medical secretary and classification coordinator, you will play an important role in supporting healthcare operations in correct documentation, registration, and use of care data. You will work both strategically and operatively to develop and ensure quality in classification work, and contribute to the region's progress toward more knowledge-based and efficient care.
The position is placed within the Follow-up and Accessibility Unit where you collaborate closely with healthcare operations, researchers, and IT.
Your main duties will be:
• Manage, apply, and develop classification systems.
• Support operations in classification and documentation.
• Participate in the Southern Healthcare Region's classification council.
• Monitor, analyze, and ensure quality of care data.
• Participate in and lead development and improvement initiatives.
• Monitor external developments and implement national guidelines and changes (ICD-11).
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone who is trained as a medical secretary with experience in care documentation and classification. You have advanced education in disease classification and preferably work experience in operations development and/or change management.
To thrive and succeed in this role, you are a structured and thorough person with a good ability to see details without losing the big picture perspective. You work analytically and solution-oriented and have a commitment to developing and improving working methods and processes.
Since the role involves supporting, guiding, and educating others, you have a pedagogical approach and the ability to convey knowledge in a clear and inspiring way. You collaborate well with others, build trusting relationships easily, and take your own initiative to drive development work forward.
Salary form: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Permanent, start date: Start date by agreement.
Work hours: Daytime.
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For more information about applicable collective agreements and starting salary: https://www.regionkronoberg.se/jobb-och-utbildning/formaner/At Region Kronoberg, we work to ensure that people in our region can live safe and sustainable lives. Every day we meet with residents of Kronoberg in healthcare, public transportation, and in the region's development work. Here, ideas are valued, there are great opportunities for development, and a workplace culture that is welcoming, open, and characterized by kindness.
We are currently looking for a medical secretary and classification coordinator for our Classification and Coding Unit. In this role, you will have a regional responsibility for classification matters and become a key…