Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 358-6312557-COR
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHL
- Town
- Leicester
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Coder
Band 4
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing professional team of Clinical Coding staff, at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
We are looking for a highly motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic candidate to join us within the Clinical Coding Department. Remote working is available to the successful candidate.
To extract, analyse, translate and data entry complex medical patient care records into diagnostic and procedural coding in an accurate and timely manner adhering to the Trusts deadlines.
The post holder should be able to demonstrate a high level of communication skills, excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines.
All necessary and relevant training will be provided to the post holder to enable them to carry out all roles and responsibilities of the post.
Main duties of the job
Extraction of complex clinical information from the health record on discharge of the patient and translation of medical terminology using ICD10 and OPCS4 into a form that can be tabulated, aggregated and sorted for statistical analysis, applying national and international rules and conventions to agreed standards.
Training and workshops will be provided by our team of Trainers.
All coders will attend workshops on a regular basis to enable them keep up to date with any changes within clinical coding and support learning skills and development.
*Please ensure you can demonstrate the criteria required for shortlisting*
Previous Applicants should not apply.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
high-quality care for all,
being a great place to work,
partnerships for impact, and
research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
we are compassionate,
we are proud,
we are inclusive, and
we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To accurately analyse, interpret and extract relevant clinical information and data (including complex conditions, treatments and High Cost Drugs) from a variety of electronic sources including Badger (Neonatal Care), CITO (scanned patient documents), CRIS (imaging reports), DICT3, Euroking E3 (Maternity admissions), Heart Suite (paediatric cardiology & surgery), ICE (discharge letters), iLab (pathology results), Intellect Web (cardiac surgery/cardiology), Medisoft (ophthalmology), Nerve Centre, ORMIS, Proton and Unisoft (endoscopy reports).
Responsible for managing own workload within broad guidelines. Have a joint goal with other coders to achieve coding targets. Assist colleagues with coding patient case notes if necessary, to ensure all coding is completed within the Trust’s stated deadlines. This may include mentoring less experienced colleagues.
Responsible for identifying obstacles to meeting these deadlines and for taking appropriate action to overcome them.
Responsible for identifying and analysing patterns of errors and notifying these to manager, with proposed potential solutions.
To comply with both the Trust and departmental policies and procedures and implementing local policies when required.
To work with Clinicians to improve the quality of clinical coded information across the Trust, participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings as a coding expert.
To be a key knowledge resource for and assist with the development of documentation of coding processes, procedures and protocols to ensure quality and consistency within the hospital and adherence to national and international guidelines. Be responsible for the on-going revision and documentation of these processes.
Assist with Mentoring and developing inexperienced staff to enable them to exercise their own initiative in selecting appropriate clinical terms to accurately reflect the patient’s episode of care.
To undertake a programme of Continuous Professional Development, to ensure professional coding skills and knowledge are kept up to date and maintaining the ability to work autonomously to the highest professional standards.
The post holder will be expected to have the ability to code more than one specialty.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standards Maths and English (a-c) or equivalent experience. Completed the 21 day NHSD Clinical Coding Standards Course. Completed Refresher course in the last 3 years (if appropriate)
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to study for Accredited Clinical Coder
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of coding multiple specialties using ICD10 and OPCS in an NHS setting for a minimum of 18 months. Ability to achieve minimum 90% accuracy for primary codes.
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with using an encoder
Communication and Relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of communicating with staff at all levels
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent analytical skills. Excellent judgemental skills.
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise and manage own work load, to meet Trust and nationally required deadlines.
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Accuracy / attention to detail. Ability to learn quickly. Completer / finisher. Must be able to work on any site.
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work with prolonged concentration. Exposure to patient case notes.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angela Wolfe
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Site Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929 835615
- Additional information
Deepesh Joshi
Senior Clinical Coder
0116 258 3504
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