Qualified Senior Clinical Coder - Prescot, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We have a vacancy for an experienced Clinical Coder to join our highly professional team.

You will benefit from a detailed personalised training plan to ensure that you attain and maintain high standards of clinical coding quality.

You will benefit from gaining skills and experience across a wide range of specialties.

We are a forward-thinking Clinical Coding Department who are dedicated to personal staff development, we can offer working from home (to be discussed at interview) and also offer family friendly, flexible working hours.

As an experienced Clinical Coder, you must have clinical coding experience in a number of specialties.

Please note, interviews may include assessment tasks.
Interviews will be held to be confirmed.

You should be enthusiastic about the challenges of a busy working and a constantly changing environment.

You must possess the ability to remain calm under pressure and be able to work as part of a dynamic team.

You should have a proven ability to prioritise, plan and organise work on a daily basis.

The post holder will ensure patient activity data is fully and accurately coded within prescribed timescales, whilst adhering to national and local standards and to realistic productivity targets.

In return, the successful applicant can expect full support to enhance and develop their clinical coding skills. On-going training will be delivered by our training team at Whiston Hospital.

You can also expect to benefit from a supportive team structure and will be given opportunities to develop your career with support from a friendly team of experienced, qualified and dedicated senior staff.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
SAFETY that is of the highest standards
COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 201
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES

Ensure accuracy and completeness of clinical coding which underpins the Payment by Results framework and national clinical coding requirements.
Demonstrate effective organisational and time management skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Be highly motivated and lead by example to motivate other team members.
Carry out clinical coding to the highest level of specificity using the three dimensions to coding accuracy thus giving complete and accurate data of a high quality that is consistently recorded.
Routinely extract pathology/histology/radiology information and use for more accurate clinical coding in a timely fashion in accordance with the clinical coding deadlines.
Work on own initiative in collecting information by whatever means required. This could include entering very specific areas of the Trust.

Exercise diplomacy and confidentiality in pursuit of collecting this data.

Participate in the training and mentorship of less experienced coders and advise Novice and Junior Clinical Coding Officers on coding issues.
To work towards gaining experience in other clinical coding areas that fall outside the standard clinical coding processes such as Burns & Plastics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Oncology.
Promote and implement clinical coding policies and procedures and national guidelines
Assist the Clinical Coding Manager to identify any complex issues in clinical information contained in the medical record and electronic systems that contradicts clinical coding guidelines.
Assist Clinical Coding Manager to identify discrepancies in computer/hard copy information ensuring accurate data quality.
Monitor data quality and clinical coding standards in line with local and national guidelines. Report any complex coding issues as directed for verification and/or send to the Clinical Coding Classification Service help desk. Share all responses with relevant staff.
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