Senior Accredited Clinical Coder

NHS; Nottingham; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

This is an exciting opportunity in Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust working remotely full time. You will be an Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC). Working as part of a large team, you will abstract and analyse clinical information from digitised case notes, other relevant documents, hospital electronic systems and translate into diagnostic and operative procedure codes using the current classifications, adhering to the national standards and conventions, inputting the data on to the Trust's patient information system to meet the Trust's financial and statistical data commitments.

You'll need the ability to work independently, code accurately to national coding guidelines with little or no supervision and organise/prioritise your own day to day work requirements. You'll be physically capable of sitting for prolonged periods, using computer systems.

Main duties of the job

1. Abstract and analyse relevant clinical data from a variety of manual and computerised sources, including digitised case notes, laboratory reports and discharge summaries.
2. Ensure that complex clinical data regarding diagnoses and surgical procedures on patient episodes is coded using national (OPCS-4) and international (ICD-10) or any other classifications that may be implemented in the future adhering to all national standards and conventions.
3. Input coded clinical information into the Trust's patient information system in conjunction with a clinical encoder ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness at all times.
4. Liaise closely with the data quality team to ensure correct episode data on patient hospital system.
5. Work within deadlines whilst maintaining a high quality of accuracy and completeness of clinical coding.
6. Effectively manage assigned workload.
7. Continue professional education and undertake personal professional development in order to refresh clinical coding skills. Keep up to date on changes to code assignment, coding methodology and local policy amendments to ensure coding reflects the activity of the trust.
8. Participate in in-house audits to promote the accuracy and consistency of clinical coding and the representation of activity and case-mix within the Trust.
9. Maintain confidentiality of all coded and other patient information.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Accredited Clinical Coder
• Had formal Clinical Coding training

Experience

• NHS Coding Experience within an Acute Trust setting
• Extensive experience of PAS systems

Analytical & Judgement Skills

• Ability to use own judgement to interpret and summarise relevant clinical terminology and assignment of relevant classification codes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Reference number

164-7089926

Job locations

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust