Accredited Clinical Coder

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Tipner; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is recruiting a Full-time trainee clinical coder. The role involves contributing to the Trust's performance, delivering high-quality patient service, and developing partnerships across Isle of Wight NHS Trust and PHU.

You may be based at either site and may travel between locations as required. The successful candidate will be methodical, detail-focused and able to work under pressure within a supportive team environment, contributing to excellence in

Qualifications

• Methodical and detailed approach to work.
• Self-motivated and able to work well under pressure.
• Flexible in approach and able to work as part of a team to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Proactively and positively contribute to the Trust's overall performance.
• Deliver excellent levels of customer service to patients, visitors and staff.
• Develop effective partnerships with stakeholders to support government health policies.
• Create a culture of collaboration across staff to deliver quality services and outcomes.
• Advocate for the Trust and its contribution to health services through effective partnerships.
• Comply with the Trust's corporate governance framework.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Teamwork

Work under pressure

Job description

• Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
• Deliver excellent levels of customer service to all patients/visitors and staff at the Trust.
• Develop effective ways of working and create strong partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders to support the implementation of the Governments policies on Health.
• Develop an organisational culture that fosters collaborative working among all staff groups, to ensure a focused commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes.
• Act as an advocate for the Trust & its contribution to the Health Service arena through creating effective partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Comply with corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust.
• Support the Trust culture of collaborative, flexible cross-team working and commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes, which support the Governments policies on public health.
  An excellent opportunity has arisen to appoint a Full-time trainee clinical coder to join our already successful, dedicated, and hardworking working team. Candidates must have a methodical and detailed approach to their work and an enthusiasm to continue to learn.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a high level of ability to work to a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail. You must be self-motivated able to work well under pressure and be flexible in your approach and you must be able to work well as part of a team working to tight deadlines.

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally. The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.