Senior Clinical Coder

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in Stevenage is recruiting a Senior Clinical Coder to provide an accurate, timely and consistent clinical coding service for inpatient and outpatient activity, using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 conventions.

The Department offers a structured training pathway from Band 4 to Band 5, with NCCQ study and a Recruitment and Retention Premium of 15% on qualification. Our Trust is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across our sites.

Qualifications

• Experience with ICD-10 and OPCS-4 coding.
• Ability to code inpatient and outpatient activity accurately and timely.
• Familiarity with data sources used in coding (case notes, discharge summaries, histology).

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective, accurate, timely and consistent clinical coding service for inpatient and outpatient activity.
• Code diagnoses and clearly defined treatments according to ICD-10 and OPCS-4 conventions.
• Support NCCQ training and progression from Band 4 to Band 5 with a 15% recruitment premium upon qualification.

Skills

ICD-10 coding

OPCS-4 coding

Data interpretation

Tools

Chemocare

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Coder who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients., The role of a Clinical Coder is to provide an effective, accurate, timely and consistent clinical coding service to the Trust and to ensure all coding quality targets are achieved. To code diagnosis and clearly defined treatment for inpatient and outpatient activity according to the coding conventions of ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases) and OPCS4 (Operation Procedure Classification Standards). Data sources used include case notes, discharge summaries, histology results, Chemocare and other manual records. This data is essential for the effective management of the Trust and directly influences the Trust's income in line with the 'Payments by Results' process.

The Clinical Coding Department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in Stevenage, has a well structured team design that includes training, career development and personal development plans. The rewards for a well motivated person to join our team is a training programme that commences on a Band 4 and progresses to a Band 5. During this time it is expected that you will study for the National Clinical Coding Qualification [NCCQ]. Although this has a high pass mark, the rewards are that once you are qualified a Recruitment and Retention Premium of 15% on top of your salary will be applied. At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us., At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

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We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.