Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Coder who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Clinical Coding Department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in Stevenage, has a well structured team design that includes training, career development and personal development plans.
The rewards for a well motivated person to join our team is a training programme that commences on a Band 4 and progresses to a Band 5.
During this time it is expected that you will study for the National Clinical Coding Qualification [NCCQ]. Although this has a high pass mark, the rewards are that once you are qualified a Recruitment and Retention Premium of 15% on top of your salary will be applied.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The role of a Clinical Coder is to provide an effective, accurate, timely and consistent clinical coding service to the Trust and to ensure all coding quality targets are achieved.
To code diagnosis and clearly defined treatment for inpatient and outpatient activity according to the coding conventions of ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases) and OPCS4 (Operation Procedure Classification Standards).
Data sources used include case notes, discharge summaries, histology results, Chemocare and other manual records.
This data is essential for the effective management of the Trust and directly influences the Trust’s income in line with the ‘Payments by Results’ process.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Demonstrate secretarial and administrative experience
* Experience of using data bases
* Handling telephone queries
* Study, problem solving, interrogation of data
Desirable criteria
* Attended and passed NHS Clinical Coding Standards Course/Refresher course in last 3 years
* NHS Experience as Clinical Coding Clerk
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent Communication skills
* Excellent verbal/written and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work under pressure
* Confidentiality
* Ability to organise work systematically
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Experience of using Microsoft Office products
Desirable criteria
* Basic level of understanding of human anatomy
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* GCSE (Grade A-C) Human Biology, Biology or Combined Science
* Professional qualifications General training qualifications Other specific attainments
Desirable criteria
* Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience
* Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification