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We are looking for an enthusiastic and well organised efficient individual, highly motivated and with good interpersonal skills to join our already established Clinical Coding Team.

About the team and department

Clinical Coding is fundamental to the national reimbursement mechanism of Payment by Results and has a major influence on Trust income and future funding. We offer the second highest number of specialised services than any other group of hospitals in the UK.

• Interview date: 29th May 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes /week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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What will the role entail?

Duties include reading clinical information, applying clinical codes, and inputting onto the Trust’s electronic patient administration system. Additional duties include highlighting data inaccuracies, answering telephones, organising and distributing internal post.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication and organisational skills, be flexible, work well under pressure and be able to use their own initiative. 

Previous administration experience, communication and data input skills are essential.  Previous experience of using Trust IT systems including e-record would be advantageous.

Why chose us?

The department offers flexible working and as a member of staff at Newcastle Hospitals, you are entitled to many staff benefits. From car lease schemes, technology schemes, and discounted travel passes to discounts across hotels, bars and restaurants. You are also eligible to join the Staff Social Club, which runs a monthly lottery as well as access to lots of great subsidised events, trips and parties.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, we have around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.