Trainee/clinical Coder - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
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Manchester, United Kingdom

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Be at the centre of an exciting, digitally-enabled future at one of the UK's largest Acute Trusts.


On 1 October 2017, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) was created from the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM).

On 1 April 2021 North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) also merged with MFT.

These mergers were founded on a desire to deliver significant improvements in health outcomes and healthcare for the people of Manchester and surrounding areas.


We are the main provider of hospital care to approximately 750,000 people in Manchester and Trafford and the single biggest provider of specialised services in the North West of England.

We are also the lead provider for a significant number of specialised services including Breast Care, Vascular, Cardiac, Respiratory, Urology Cancer, Paediatrics, Women's Services, Ophthalmology and Genomic Medicine.


The Trust comprises of ten hospitals across seven separate sites, providing a wide range of services from comprehensive local general hospital care through to highly specialised regional and national services.

Our vision is to improve the health and quality of life of our diverse population by building an organisation that:
Excels in quality, safety, patient experience, research, innovation and teaching

Attracts, develops and retains great people

Is recognised internationally as a leading healthcare provider

Why is MFT Clinical Coding the department for me?


The clinical coding department at MFT work as one collaborative team, with a strong emphasis on team work and supporting each other and working towards our shared aim of highly accurate clinical coded information.

How will I be supported to develop and flourish in my Clinical Coding career?


Following your introduction to clinical coding through the departments excellent coder induction training, your continued professional development will be supported through delivery of a rolling training programme of specialty workshops, mandatory training and examination/revision support with some of the best learning and education materials on offer and expert advice from our resident trainer who has a national profile in clinical coding having worked at regional and national levels in coding for some 25 years.


We also have a supportive programme of audit and improvement for our coding teams, helping us to achieve continual high standards, the MFT coding team recently achieved level 3 DPST coding quality scores, placing it at the highest level for coding quality in the NHS.

MFT Clinical Coding offers an excellent first step on the path to a career in clinical coding


Please note, we have posts available on our North Manchester, Central Manchester and Wythenshawe sites, with cross site working when required.


MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.

We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.


Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.


We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.


We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.

What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.


At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Did we mention these are exciting times?


The MFT Group Informatics service must respond quickly and flexibly to the demands of this new organisation, ensuring that we provide multiple services fit for purpose, whilst evolving our capability and tools to deliver an ambitious transformation change programme for the future.


This exciting post will provide an opportunity for you to help develop, support and drive forward the Group Informatics service within the Clinical Coding function.

What is Clinical Coding?

Clinical coders review the clinical documentation from each hospital episode and align the patients clinical care to a c
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