Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 234-24-C0106
- Employer
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/07/2024
Employer heading
Trainee Clinical Coding Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit Trainee Coders to join our team at an exciting time where the Trust is taking its first step in becoming a digital hospital and so working towards achieving a fully electronic digital record.
We are seeking applicants with a background, as well as an interest and enthusiasm, in anatomy and physiology, are logical and have a willingness to learn an absorb complex information. Although not essential ideally you will understand pressures and demands of working in an acute Trust, have experience of using multiple and wide-ranging Trust data collection systems and recognise the importance of accurate data input and attention to detail.
We can provide a fully supported training pathway through both formal classroom-based training and on the job learning, so the successful candidate will be contributing to achieving the departmental monthly deadlines from the start. Proficiency in coding must be demonstrated and progression through the bands is an expectation, being a Band 4 once internally trained and Band 5 once having achieved the National Clinical Coding Qualification. A suitable candidate is someone who:
- Has a good knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology
- Understands importance of attention to detail
- Is self-motivated to learn and develop own coding knowledge
Interview dates: 17th July 2024
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit new staff who have a flexible style of working so can adapt to the changing needs of the office, be self-disciplined, professional, and positive, and recognise own part to play in achievement of departmental targets and goals. If you share our values, would like to be part of our team, and are committed to achieving accurate and timely data then please apply.
We live by our PRIDE Values of People Focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and want to recruit the best people who share these values and can demonstrate these values in their work.
Main responsibilities - to:
- Attend and pass a formal classroom-based Clinical Coding Standards course (in-house)
- Initially under supervision, extract and code all inpatient episodes to national rules and conventions
- Assist the coding team in completing the coding of patient activity to set monthly deadlines
- Participate in quality assurance of own work and ensure full contribution to departmental workload
- Raise coding and/or data issues to mentor team
- Ensure maintenance and development of coding skills
The position offers:
- A natural pay band progression through milestones of training pathway
- Full support and training provided by departmental senior team (managers, mentors, team leaders)
- Assistance to the team in reflecting patient care through accurate clinically coded data
Working for our organisation
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:
- To attend and pass a formal classroom based Classifications Services Clinical Coding Standards Course, carried out by the departmental Classifications Services Approved Clinical Coding Trainer
- To undertake and pass further courses in relation to anatomy and physiology and medical terminology – to include set Classifications Services e-Learning packages mandatory to complete prior to the Standards Course
- To, initially under supervision, extract and code all inpatient Finished Consultant Episodes (FCE’s) using 3M’s Medicode encoder system which incorporates ‘International Classification of Diseases’ version 4 (OPCS4) coding manuals applying national rules and conventions
- To ensure all FCE’s are completed and data input by monthly Performance Management (Trust) deadlines
- To continually have work checked, audited and assessed to ensure expertise maintained in all areas and output monitored to ensure full contribution to departmental workload
- To liaise with medical secretaries, health records personnel and ward personnel regarding access to case notes
- To raise any coding or data issues requiring resolution to the clinical coding mentor or management team
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification in Anatomy and Physiology/Medical terminology or equivalent experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Accurate data input/attention to detail
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of uses of clinical data
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate interest and motivation in position
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Butler
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 286156
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