Coding and Summariser Assistant

Brownlow Group Practice; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Liverpool is seeking a reliable Medical Coder to support the clinical team in accurate processing and management of patient information within EMIS. The role involves reviewing clinical correspondence, assigning SNOMED codes, and ensuring compliance with established pathways. The ideal candidate should have excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills. Brownlow offers mentorship and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from all backgrounds.

Benefits

Protected study leave with financial allowance

6-month mentorship/induction package

Qualifications

• Prior experience in medical coding or familiarity with primary care terminology is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming clinical correspondence and extract key clinical information.
• Summarise transferred paper records, identifying significant medical history.
• Assign accurate SNOMED CT codes for relevant medical data.
• Manage tasks and workflow to ensure timely coding completion.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Ability to work independently

Tools

EMIS

Job description

We are seeking a reliable and detail‑oriented Medical Coder to support the clinical team by ensuring accurate processing, coding and management of patient information within EMIS. The post holder will be responsible for reviewing clinical correspondence, assigning the correct SNOMED codes, updating patient records and following established pathways to ensure information is recorded safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming clinical correspondence (hospital letters, discharge summaries, clinic reports, etc.) and extract key clinical information.
• Summarise transferred paper records (e.g., Lloyd George notes) from previous practices, identifying significant medical history, medications, allergies, surgical history, safeguarding concerns, and other relevant details.
• Assign accurate SNOMED CT codes for diagnoses, procedures, tests, referrals, and relevant medical history.
• Follow practice‑specific pathways to route documents to clinicians or other teams as required.
• Check for urgent or abnormal findings and elevate promptly through the appropriate pathway.
• Manage tasks and workflow queues to ensure timely completion of coding actions.
• Support QOF, enhanced services, and clinical audit requirements by coding or flagging relevant information.
• Identify missing information or discrepancies in patient notes; take corrective action or seek clarification.
• Maintain confidentiality, GDPR compliance, and adherence to practice policies at all times.
• Work closely with the scanning team and wider administrative team to maintain consistent data quality.
• Participate in ongoing training, updates, and quality assurance activities related to coding and data accuracy.
• Enter and maintain complete, accurate patient records in EMIS, ensuring all data is correctly filed and ready for safe clinical use.

The role involves close collaboration with clinicians, the scanning team and administrative colleagues to maintain high standards of data quality, support QOF and clinical audits and ensure timely coding completion. The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail, the ability to work independently, strong organisational skills and a commitment to accuracy and confidentiality. Prior experience in medical coding or familiarity with EMIS and primary care terminology is desirable but not essential, as training will be provided.

Brownlow prides itself in being an exceptional employer. We have a dedicated staff wellbeing team and offer numerous staff benefits and incentives including protected study leave with financial allowance. You will receive a 6‑month mentorship/induction package. Brownlow is an organisation that is committed to equality and diversity, and we strive for our workforce to be representative and inclusive of the complex and diverse community which we are proud to serve. With this commitment in mind, we actively encourage individuals who self‑identify as having protected characteristics to apply for this role. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from individuals with linguistic diversity, members of the LGBTQ+ community; members of black, minority ethnic, and minority faith groups; and from those who are disabled and / or neurodiverse. We are mindful that we may not always be aware of structural and systemic factors, which might discourage or prevent certain minority groups and marginalised populations from applying to join our team. If you are aware that any such barriers do exist, please let us know so that we can work to overcome and dismantle these.

Extended access will form part of your contracted hours. If you are successful at interview and are registered with any Brownlow site, you are required to change practices and this will be a stipulate of employment.