Mater Hospital North Sydney | St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney | Griffith Hospital
START YOUR CAREER IN CLINICAL CODING WITH ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST RESPECTED HEALTH ORGANISATIONS.
St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) is the nation’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services. Founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1857, our 30,000+ healthcare professionals deliver exceptional care across public and private hospitals, aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
We are offering an exciting opportunity for graduates to join our newly established Trainee Clinical Coder Program, designed to provide structured, hands-on training, mentoring, and ongoing professional support from experienced coding professionals.
This program offers a clear career pathway, combining practical learning, structured education via an online learning platform, and one-on-one guidance from skilled mentors to ensure you feel supported and confident as you begin your coding career.
As a Trainee Clinical Coder, you will learn how to assign accurate and timely clinical codes to patient episodes of care through detailed analysis of medical records. You will receive formal training and day-to-day guidance from our Health Information Services (HIS) team across Mater Hospital North Sydney, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney and Griffith Hospital. This is a full-time development role that provides a pathway to a professional career in clinical coding, working within a supportive and highly skilled national team.
At St Vincent’s gain exposure to coding software technology utilising a hybrid EMR across all sites combined with a coding management software platform that supports assigning codes using the industry recognised Solventum Codefinder.
We are seeking motivated recent graduates who are ready to learn and grow in a supportive environment.
WHY JOIN ST VINCENT’S?
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your interest in the Trainee Clinical Coder Program and how your background aligns with the role.
This opportunity is open to Australian and New Zealand citizens or those with appropriate work rights. Visa sponsorship is not available.
6 October 2026 11:59pm
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://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
