Clinical Coding Auditor

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Ibrido; USD 45.000 - 56.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible working policy

Hybrid working

Descrizione del lavoro

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Coding Auditor on a full-time basis with a hybrid working arrangement. The role involves auditing coding data, producing formal reports, and advising staff to improve accuracy.

We welcome applicants with ACC or NHS Digital guidelines familiarity; training towards becoming a TCDS-Approved Auditor may be considered. The Trust supports flexible working and two days per week home working, with a supportive safeguarding and

Competenze

• National Clinical Coding Qualification and auditor qualifications required.
• Experience with encoder and coding KPIs.
• Experience with benchmarking systems (HED/Dr Foster).
• Extensive coding environment experience.
• Proven ability to manage and train audits.
• Strong communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Advanced MS Word and Excel skills.

Mansioni

• Lead complex internal/external audits of clinical coding data.
• Produce formal audit reports with actionable recommendations.
• Provide training from audit feedback to staff.
• Develop and track audit plans; manage risks.
• Coordinate external audits per NHS guidelines.
• Collaborate with Trust teams to improve coding quality.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of NHS policy changes.
• Sign off reporting and KPI development.

Conoscenze

Encoder experience

KPI tracking

Benchmarking systems

Audits management

Excel skills

Word skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Facilitation skills

Training experience

Negotiation skills

Formazione

National Clinical Coding Qualification

National Auditors Qualification

Relevant diploma or higher degree

Strumenti

HED benchmarking

Dr Foster benchmarking

Descrizione del lavoro

Liverpool NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Coding Auditor (full time). Should we not be successful in recruiting a TCDS-Approved Auditor, we will consider anyone who is three years post-ACC and willing to train towards obtaining this status. Trainee Auditors would be appointed on an Annex 21 contract. If any interested applicants have secured a place on the Clinical Coding Auditor Assessment Programme, please contact us to discuss potential funding. We currently offer a hybrid working arrangement of two days per week working from home if desired, with the additional support of a flexible working policy.

• To provide robust audit and management practices and systems to support the Clinical Coding department deliver its strategic objectives.
• Organise and undertake complex internal/external audits of clinical coding data.
• Undertake clinical coding audits at the levels of Trust, Department and individual clinical coding officer.
• Organise all aspects of the external audits, to be carried out in a manner consistent with the Audit Commission and /or NHS Digital Guidelines.
• Produce formal audit reports within agreed timescales and make recommendations on how to improve Clinical Coding quality and accuracy.
• Feedback from audits to be delivered and training given as necessary to coding and clinical staff as required.
• Carry out at least one trust-wide internal audit of 200 FCE's per year in accordance with NHS Digital guidelines., 1. Work with the Senior Manager to provide expertise within the Audit service area.
• 2. Have responsibility for Trust wide audits, making independent decisions at appropriate level 3. Work with the Senior Managers, Clinicians and Team members on a number of audits 4. Undertake clinical coding audits at the levels of Trust, Department and individual clinical coding officer. Trust-wide audits must be conducted using the latest version of the national NHS Digital Clinical Coding Audit Methodology 5. Be responsible for developing and tracking the progress of audit plans 6. To identify and manage risks and issues within the service, including the development and implementation of contingency plan 7. Work collaboratively with other service areas within the Trust to ensure successful service delivery. 8. To support the successful delivery of the key outputs and benefits of the service, which support service improvement initiatives 9. Ensure that appropriate plans, documentation and procedures are in place. 10. Attend meetings as necessary, report progress and resolve issues. 11. To make routine presentations, covering complex issues to groups on topics associated with programmes/projects and to demonstrate systems to users when necessary 12. To assist other departmental managers and colleagues by providing specialist advice or support when appropriate. 13. Work with divisions/management to develop KPI's to support their objectives 14. Work with external data sources for benchmarking purposes review or audit information if required from alerts. 15. Organise and undertake complex internal/external audits of clinical coding data. 16. Organise all aspects of the external audits, to be carried out in a manner consistent with the Audit Commission and /or Connecting for Health Guidelines. 17. Produce formal audit reports within agreed timescales and make recommendations on how to improve Clinical Coding quality and accuracy. 18. Carry out at least one trust-wide internal audit of 200 FCEs per year in accordance with Connecting for Health guidelines. 19. Undertake regular routine Internal audits of clinical coding and all aspects of the clinical coding function to ensure high quality data is supported and appropriate action is taken when necessary to ensure the clinical coding team displays a high level of skill in the use of the two classification systems. 20. Maintain ACC and audit status as required by NHS classification service 21. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of National policy developments in regards to deadline changes, in particular the SUS (Secondary User Service) timescales. 22. Act as a signatory and order goods/services as required.
• The post holder will also be expected to support/mentor others within the team.
• Provide coding training to staff via feedback from completed audits to Trust wide staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of auditors, dedicated to achieving a high level of coding accuracy and continuous coding improvement across the department. Recent restructuring of our senior team has resulted in a cohesive audit and training service, with Auditors and Trainers working collaboratively to drive forwards a shared vision of improvement, alongside successful individual and team development.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

• National Clinical Coding Qualification National Auditors Qualification, Relevant Diploma, other higher degree or equivalent experience
• Experience with encoder
• Experience producing and monitoring coding process KPI's
• Experience of using Benchmarking Systems I.e. HED / Dr Foster, Significant experience of working in a Coding environment
• Experience of managing, training and Coding audits, Ability to interpret information and to present information to diverse groups Trust wide, Advanced MS Word and Excel skills
• Excellent Communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Negotiation, motivation and influencing skills
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.