ACC Lead Coder

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust; Plymouth; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic Clinical Coding Department at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust as an ACC qualified Clinical Coder. This position offers fully remote working opportunities and involves delivering high-quality clinical coding services, ensuring accurate data for payment results and analysis in a progressive healthcare environment. Enhance your career while contributing to patient care in a vibrant community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in clinical coding.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Motivated and enthusiastic in a clinical coding environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly accurate clinical coding.
• Meet Trust deadlines associated with clinical coding.
• Engage in validation meetings with clinicians.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Organisational Skills

Teamwork

Education

ACC Qualification

Job description

REMOTE ACC LEAD CLINICAL CODER POSITION ATTRACTING A 15% RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT PREMIUM - FULLY REMOTE WORKING AVALIABLE.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Clinical Coding Department as an ACC qualified Clinical Coder at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP).

Having relevant demonstrable experience and an ACC qualification you will provide highly accurate clinical coding, have good organisational skills, an eye for detail and accuracy and the ability to work as part of a successful and innovative team.

Core duties are the provision of an efficient and high-quality clinical coding service, as well as meeting Trust deadlines associated with clinical coding.

We require a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our extremely busy team. If you are looking to develop your skills in the coding environment and feel that you can make a positive contribution to our service, we would like to hear from you.

We are offering fully remote and on site working opportunities. UHP are currently working towards implementing an EPR system go live July 26

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Medical coders and applicants without the NCCQ need not apply.

To provide comprehensive, high quality, efficient clinical coding of inpatients and day cases using ICD 10 and OPCS4 classifications to facilitate Payment by Results, statistical and performance analysis, and clinical care/audit. The UHP Clinical Coding Department codes approximately 151,000 inpatient and day case episodes per year.

Duties may also include some engagement in validation meetings with clinicians, education of junior clinicians in the importance of co-morbidity recording, building working relationships with service teams and to act as a point of contact for coding issues.

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Desiree Bant Job title: Clinical Coding Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01752 439857

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit to the Clinical Coding Department, please contact Desiree Bant [e-mail] , Clinical Coding Service Manager via email or call me on Teams.