Experienced Clinical Coder

Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC; North Waterhouse Farm; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC is seeking an experienced Clinical Coder to work within a primary care setting. The role involves reading patient correspondence, coding entries with SNOMED codes, and triaging for GP input to optimise patient care across our network of practices.

The successful candidate will reduce administrative workload for GPs by efficiently processing electronic documents, coordinating with clinicians, and maintaining accurate patient records in our clinical system across

Qualifications

• Read incoming patient correspondence and file into the clinical system
• Code the entries using SNOMED codes
• Triage to determine further action and relay to the GP or team
• Role reduces GP workload and streamlines patient care

Responsibilities

• Downloading electronic documents into patient records
• Accurately coding documents including diagnostic test results and follow-up
• Triaging documents to determine if GP input is required
• Sending tasks to GPs and other healthcare professionals via the clinical system
• Accessing scanned documents and coding/triaging as outlined for electronic records
• Liaising with practice staff and secretaries via the clinical system
• Monitoring outstanding documents and tasks and ensuring timely action
• Aiming to clear all electronic documents within one working day
• Participating in monthly audits
• Attending practice meetings
• Liaising with hospitals, NHS 111 and Out-of-Hours providers as needed

Skills

SNOMED coding

Clinical coding

Triage

GP liaison

Education

GCSE English & Maths

GP Practice experience

Job description

We are looking for an experienced clinical coder within a primary care setting.

Unliketraditional hospital based coding, primary care coding involves directmanagement of chronic disease registers, preventative medicine screeningprotocols, and complex data processing that heavily influences directly howpatient care is managed and prioritised in the community.

Main duties of the job

Read through the incoming patient correspondence, file the document into the clinical system and codethe appropriate entries using SNOMED codes. Triage and determinewhether any further action is required and action as appropriate.

About us

Hope Citadel Healthcare isa forward thinking company, with eleven practices across Manchester,Oldham and Rochdale, dedicated to providing exceptional, holistic healthcarewithin our local communities.

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

The role of Clinical Coder will be to triage all incoming clinicaldocuments and letters, adding the appropriate codes to the patients record inthe clinical system, and then determining whether they should be forwarded tothe GP or another member of the Practice team to action.

The post holder will play a significant and important role in reducingthe administrative workload for GPs.

The job description and person specification are an outline of thetasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder willcarry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Downloading of electronic documents into the patients records in theclinical system
• Accurately coding the abovementioned documents, including diagnostictest results, follow up, etc.
• Undertaking triage to determine which documents need to be passed to aGP or other healthcare professional where their input is required
• Send tasks, as appropriate, to GPs and other healthcare professionalsvia the clinical system
• For paper documents which have been scanned, access these via thetasks that have been sent to the GP Assistant. Undertake the coding andtriaging as outlined above for electronic documents
• Liaise and communicate, as appropriate, with other colleagues in thePractice, for example Secretaries, administrative staff by way of tasks sentfrom the clinical system
• Monitor the number of outstanding electronic documents and tasks,ensuring that these are actioned in a timely manner. Liaise with the LineManager if there are any capacity issues in dealing with these so that support,as required, can be provided
• Aim to clear all electronic documents and tasks within one working day
• Participate in monthly audits
• Partake in practice meetings
• Liaise with outside organisations, such as hospitals/NHS111/Out ofHours provider, as

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Experience of working in a GP Practice

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.