Clinical Coder

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced Clinical Coder to join our established Clinical Coding Department. The role involves coding inpatient episodes using ICD-10 and OPCS-4, ensuring accurate data for national tariff and governance.

There is a Working from Home Local Agreement allowing remote work upon request, subject to criteria. You will collaborate with clinicians and operational staff and manage your own workload while maintaining high coding quality.

Qualifications

• Experience as clinical coder in a NHS environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to interact with clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Code inpatient episodes using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications.
• Maintain coding quality and workload management.
• Collaborate with clinicians and operational staff to ensure data accuracy.

Job description

Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust is investing in its Clinical Coding Department and is looking to recruit an experienced Clinical Coder to join our well-established team.

The Clinical Coding department has its own Working from Home Local Agreement which gives the candidate the opportunity to work remotely, this is available upon request dependent on certain Trust and Department criteria.

The Clinical Coding Team is responsible for the extraction and translation of inpatient information using the ICD-10 and OPCS-4 Coding Classifications. This information is essential for the effective management of the Trust and crucial to the National Tariff Payment System that underpins Trust income. Coded data is also important for clinical audit, governance and research.

As part of the role, you will be expected to interact with clinicians, operational staff and have responsibility for your own work load whilst maintaining accurate clinical coding quality.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Franklin Job title: Clinical Coding Operations Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07377881895