Clinical Coding Care Coordinator

NHS; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Join the NHS as a part-time Clinical Coding Care Coordinator, responsible for managing patient correspondence and ensuring accurate coding in medical records. This role requires excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and experience in a healthcare administrative setting. The successful candidate will collaborate with medical staff, maintaining high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience with clinical coding and medical terminology.
• Administrative experience in General Practice is essential.
• Mandatory and role-specific training completed.

Responsibilities

• Scan and file patient correspondence accurately using Docman software.
• Correct errors in filing and amend records as required.
• Code clinical information from patient correspondence appropriately.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Organizational skills

Autonomy

Accuracy in data recording

Education

Good standard of education with literacy and numeracy skills

Track record of administrative experience in General Practice

Tools

EMIS Web Clinical System

Docman

Microsoft Office

Job description

This role is part time for 25 to 30 hours per week. The advert will close early if sufficient applications are received

The ClinicalCoding Care Coordinator is primarily responsible for ensuring that all externaland internal patient correspondence is acted upon at the appropriate level andaccurately coded in the patients medical record. A soundprofessional working relationship will be required with the GPs and staffworking within the Practice.

The role includes

Familiarity withDocman and EMIS Web clinical software systems

Ensuring that allincoming patient correspondence is scanned, acted upon and correctly coded toensure the integrity of patient records

Main duties of the job

To scan all patient related post onto the system using Docman software and to file this information accurately to the patients medical record using preset options.

To correct errors in filing and ensure corresponding records are amended accurately

Identifying relevant clinical information documented in patient correspondence, code appropriately and complete any action required

Assess correspondence and deal with as appropriate and/or pass to appropriate colleagues via workflow process, ensuring coding and organising of all relevant information

About us

Canterbury MedicalPractice's priority is to provide the highest standard of clinical care to the 24,000patients registered with the Practice as well as those from other practices whoare seen in our additional clinics. We aim to work collaboratively with otherhealthcare providers and support organisations, to enable more patients to betreated in a primary care setting, closer to home. We embrace a continuousimprovement ethos and strive to ensure that we are available to patients whenthey need a consultation. We have a holistic approach to patient care and astrong training ethos within the practice with a team of medical andnon-medical educators as well as opportunities for non-clinical staff todevelop and progress.

Job responsibilities

A full job description and person specification with role responsibilities can be found in the attached document

Person Specification

Experience

• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Highly organised and excellent attention to detail
• Time management and ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to follow policy and procedures
• Accuracy in recording data
• Knowledge of EMIS Web Clinical System and Docman
• Good understanding of clinical coding and medical terminology
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software

Qualifications

• Good standard of education with good literacy and numeracy skills
• Track record of administrative experience in General Practice
• Up to date with mandatory and role specific training

Personal Qualities

• Flexible approach to the evolving nature of the role
• Able to show good initiative and judgement
• Good communicator verbal and written
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team
• Drive to provide excellent administrative services
• High levels of integrity and confidentiality
• Take pride in providing a good service
• Ability to use own initiative and work under pressure

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.