Accredited Clinical Coder/Clinical Coder - Huntingdon

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in Hinchingbrooke is seeking an Accredited Clinical Coder/Experienced Clinical Coder to join our substantive Coding team. You will translate clinical information into diagnostic and procedure codes across specialties and manage your own workload to meet data submission deadlines.

Applicants should be ACC qualified with NHS coding experience; IHRIM accreditation or NCC study is welcomed.

Qualifications

• ACC qualified with experience in coding a broad range of clinical specialties.
• Excellent communication with clinicians and support staff to ensure coded data reflects patient care.
• Ability to manage workload and meet data submission deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Translate clinical information into diagnostic and procedure codes from patient records and electronic sources.
• Conduct validation exercises with responsible Consultants to ensure correct coding.
• Identify gaps in clinical documentation to support clinical coding.
• Support organisational change and staff engagement to improve coding quality.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Medical terminology

Anatomy knowledge

Education

IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder

National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCC) training encouraged

Job description

Accredited Clinical Coder/Experienced Clinical Coder

Are you an IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder or experienced Clinical Coder working within an acute NHS hospital setting?

The Clinical Coding team at our hospital site Hinchingbrooke are looking to recruit to our substantive team of multi skilled specialist Clinical Coders. The ideal candidate will be ACC qualified with experience in coding a broad range of clinical specialties.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clinicians and all relevant support staff to ensure our coded data reflects accurately the care of our patients. Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential in this role as is good working knowledge of medical terminology and human anatomy across a range of clinical specialties. You will be responsible for managing your own workload each day within the usual deadlines for submission of data.

We would welcome applications from experienced clinical coders (Band 4) without the IHRIM qualification with the option to study towards the National Clinical Coding Qualification.

Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential as is a good working knowledge of national clinical coding standards, medical terminology and human anatomy.

Translation of clinical information into diagnostic and procedure codes from patient health records scanned on to an electronic document management system and variety of other electronic sources.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clinicians and all relevant support staff to ensure our coded data reflects accurately the care of our patients.

Conduct validation exercises as required with the responsible Consultant to ensure correct assignment of diagnostic and procedure codes and to identify gaps in clinical documentation to support clinical coding.

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jenny Daniels Job title: Clinical Coding Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01733 673448

Carla Hayman

Deputy Clinical Coding Manager

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Tuesday to Thursday only