Trainee Clinical Coder: ICD-10 & OPCS-4 Training

Ncic; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including le​

Vivup counselling

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) is recruiting a Trainee Clinical Coder (Band 3) for 36 months at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven. On qualification you progress to Band 4, with on-site work initially and potential for future home working as systems develop.

The role focuses on accurately extracting diagnoses and procedures, coding with ICD-10 and OPCS-4, and entering data into the Patient Administration System using encoding software.

Qualifications

• GCSE English, maths and biology, including human anatomy and physiology or equivalent.
• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.
• NHS Digital Coding Foundation Certificate
• IHRIM ACC Qualification

Responsibilities

• Attend a National Clinical Coding Standards Training Course (may be residential) and a 2-3 year programme to achieve the National Coding Qualification.
• Band 4 will be awarded upon obtaining accreditation.
• Extract diagnoses and procedures from health records and code using ICD-10 and OPCS-4; input onto the PAS using encoding software.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Confidential information handling

Education

GCSE English, maths and biology

NHS Digital Coding Foundation Certificate

IHRIM ACC Qualification

Tools

NHS coding software

Job description

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) is recruiting a Trainee Clinical Coder (Band 3) for 36 months at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven. On qualification you progress to Band 4, with on-site work initially and potential for future home working as systems develop.

The role focuses on accurately extracting diagnoses and procedures, coding with ICD-10 and OPCS-4, and entering data into the Patient Administration System using encoding software.