Clinical Coding Speciality Lead

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Coder to provide high-quality clinical coding in a supportive environment. This full-time remote position offers flexible working hours and requires strong coding skills, mentoring abilities, and a Nationally Accredited Clinical Coder Qualification. Join a compassionate team dedicated to delivering excellent healthcare services.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Health and wellbeing program

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge/skills.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience in training and mentoring clinical coders.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality and timely coded clinical data.
• Mentor and train clinical coding team members.
• Develop and implement clinical coding policies and systems.

Skills

Clinical coding

Mentoring

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Nationally Accredited Clinical Coder Qualification (ACC)

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job summary

Do you have a good approach to mentoring and supervising, enjoy communicating effectively with Clinicians, Senior Managers, and other staff members within a Trust?Are you able to manage your workload, code accurately, and meet deadlines?Are you looking for a role working with a great team who are positive, in a department that wants staff to find the right balance between work and home?If so then this could be the post for you.

While the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) is essential for Band 6 role, we also welcome applications from experienced clinical coders with demonstrable knowledge in the acute NHS environment for a Band 5 Senior Clinical Coder role. Strong coding skills and relevant experience will be highly valued.

Overall you will be fundamental to delivering a high standard clinical coding function to the Trust and other key stakeholders, playing a key role in developing, maintaining and evolving the Trust's clinical coding systems, processes and service delivery to support the provision of in-depth and quality coding. Be flexible and supportive in extracting clinical information from electronic systems and case notes.

Through teamwork, you will ensure that every aspect of our service meets the rapidly changing needs of our organisation.

This is a full-time remote position offering flexible working hours to support a healthy work-life balance for our employees.

Please note that interviews for this vacancy will be conducted in person.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for providing high quality and timely coded clinical data. Thisrequires to extract clinical information from casenotes, discharge letters and electronicsystems and translate this into diagnostic and procedure codes with the application of allcoding rules and conventions of ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Version 10)and OPCS-4 (Classification of Interventions and Procedures), incorporating nationalstandards as set down in the Clinical Coding Instruction Manual ICD-10 and OPCS-4.The role will also encompass the mentorship for clinical coding team members providingtraining, work check and informal/formal audit where necessary.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Job description

Job responsibilities

- The operational management of a coding team to provide accurate, timely andcomplete clinical data for episodes of care for all specialties of the Trust.- To assist in the development of training packages for clinical coders, clinicians andmanagers to improve knowledge of clinical coding and related topics.- To assist in the development and implementation of policy and systems to ensure aclinical coding service that meets best practice guidance.- To provide expert knowledge in the use of clinical coding classifications andassociated systems.- The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the Head of clinical coding,providing rigorous leadership and direct supervision to a stream of the Trusts clinicalcoding function.

Job description
Job responsibilities

- The operational management of a coding team to provide accurate, timely andcomplete clinical data for episodes of care for all specialties of the Trust.- To assist in the development of training packages for clinical coders, clinicians andmanagers to improve knowledge of clinical coding and related topics.- To assist in the development and implementation of policy and systems to ensure aclinical coding service that meets best practice guidance.- To provide expert knowledge in the use of clinical coding classifications andassociated systems.- The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the Head of clinical coding,providing rigorous leadership and direct supervision to a stream of the Trusts clinicalcoding function.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge/skills/ experience as a Clinical Coder with proven successful outcomes.
• Nationally Accredited Clinical Coder Qualification (ACC).
• Evidence of continued professional development and attendance of formal clinical coding specialty workshops.

Desirable

• NHS Approved Clinical Coding Auditor, completed national Clinical Coding Auditor's programme
• NHS Trained Clinical Coding Trainer, passed national Clinical Coding Trainer's Programme (or equivalent)

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge and use of the practical clinical coding using ICD and OPCS Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures, including knowledge of the correct application of the rules and conventions.
• Ability to analyse and make judgements on complex patient clinical records
• Experience in training and mentoring clinical coders to a high leve
• A detailed understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office suite

Desirable

• Experience in the conduct of clinical coding audits

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Education to degree level or equivalent knowledge/skills/ experience as a Clinical Coder with proven successful outcomes.
• Nationally Accredited Clinical Coder Qualification (ACC).
• Evidence of continued professional development and attendance of formal clinical coding specialty workshops.

Desirable

• NHS Approved Clinical Coding Auditor, completed national Clinical Coding Auditor's programme
• NHS Trained Clinical Coding Trainer, passed national Clinical Coding Trainer's Programme (or equivalent)

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge and use of the practical clinical coding using ICD and OPCS Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures, including knowledge of the correct application of the rules and conventions.
• Ability to analyse and make judgements on complex patient clinical records
• Experience in training and mentoring clinical coders to a high leve
• A detailed understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office suite

Desirable

• Experience in the conduct of clinical coding audits

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
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Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

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