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Are you an experienced medical secretary or healthcare administrator with a strong interest in DRG, diagnosis classification, and high-quality healthcare documentation? Do you thrive in a specialist role where analytical skills, attention to detail, and responsibility are crucial? Then this might be the job for you.

What we offer

• A qualified and developmental role focused on ensuring the quality of healthcare documentation and classification
• Opportunity to work closely with operations and contribute to the development and improvement of methods and quality
• An engaged team with high competence and strong cohesion
• Flexible working arrangements, with remote work possible depending on operational needs and tasks
• A welcoming introduction and good conditions for success in the role.

Of course, you will also benefit from the general perks offered by Karolinska University Hospital.

About the position

The Healthcare Administration area consolidates the hospital's administrative resources under the Production Staff. Within this area, approximately 640 medical secretaries, administrators, case handlers, and executive assistants work together to ensure high-quality administration and patient safety.

We are now looking for a Classification Officer who will primarily support the Medical Unit and Care Area for Pregnancy and Childbirth within the Theme of Women's Health and Health Professions. The operations include both outpatient and inpatient care in normal and highly specialized obstetrics, as well as fetal medicine in both Solna and Huddinge.

You will become part of an engaged coding team consisting of medical secretaries and midwives, focusing on disease classification, quality, and goal achievement. The primary location is in Solna.

In this role, you will work on ensuring the quality of healthcare documentation and registration, contributing to vital data for care, statistics, and operational follow-up.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Reviewing records from inpatient and outpatient care, and classifying diseases and procedures in the medical record systems Obstetrix and TakeCare, and in the future Cosmic Birth
• Ensuring quality and correct registration according to current regulations and routines
• Monitoring and contributing to ensuring the operation stays aligned with classification and registration work
• Actively participating in the team's development and improvement work
• Providing support to the profession's categories in the operation regarding classification and documentation
• Contributing to the daily patient administrative operations together with the team.

The position is a fixed-term contract for approximately one year, full-time.

We are looking for you who

• Have a genuine interest in DRG, diagnosis classification, and healthcare administration
• Work carefully and systematically, with the ability to analyze and handle complex cases
• Take responsibility for your tasks and drive your work forward independently and with engagement
• Are development-oriented and wish to contribute to improvement and quality work within the operation
• Collaborate well with others and contribute to a positive work climate
• Are flexible and able to reprioritize when operational needs change
• Thrive in a role where quality, responsibility, and professionalism are central.

Personal suitability is given great weight.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Education in healthcare or training as a medical secretary with several years of experience in the profession
• Very good knowledge of disease and procedure classification
• Good knowledge of the medical record systems Obstetrix and TakeCare
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language and medical terminology
• Good IT skills in Windows and Office 365

Merits:

• Experience with DRG and classification within inpatient care
• Education in disease classification, for example via Emendor or Vårdinformatik

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

In connection with your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a cover letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly explain why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

We warmly welcome your application - Together we are Karolinska!

In connection with the appointment of positions involving care of children and young people, the person offered the position will be checked against the suspicion and burden register. Here you can read more about the recruitment process and the controls performed at Karolinska.

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If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or former manager, should you become a candidate for employment.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may be applied.

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