Accredited Clinical Coder - NHS

Role: Accredited Clinical Coder
Contract Length: 6 months - up to a year
Location: Remote or Dorchester
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS

About the Role

Spinwell is recruiting for a Accredited Clinical Coder for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility for Patients

• There may be incidental patient contact during the course of normal working hours.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development

• Participate in review of local clinical coding policies.
• Apply clinical coding in line with Trust Local Policy and National Standards.
• Maintains a high level of professionalism and to work with the Clinical Coding Manager to raise the profile and understanding of Clinical Coding within the Trust.

Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources

• A duty of care in relation to all equipment and resources used in the course of work.
• Ensure accurate application of local clinical coding policy that supports income recovery for the Trust.

Responsibility for Staff

• Will be required to mentor and guide trainee staff in a technical capacity regarding clinical coding structures and policies.

  Responsibility for Information Resources

• Responsible for the adherence to National Coding Standards and best practice guidelines as set out by governing bodies such as NHS Digital.
• To liaise with clinicians, medical and nursing staff and all other departments and directorates, to ensure that there is a constant awareness of the objectives and purpose of clinical coding
• Awareness of the importance of confidentiality of patient information e.g. The Data Protection Act.
• To be proactive in keeping with up to date with new clinical coding developments.

Responsibility for Research and Development

• Respond to clinical coding enquiries that support research and development.

  Physical Skills

• Computer literacy.
• Advanced keyboard skills are required as there is a need for a high level of accuracy when recording patient clinical safety documentation.
• Can expect to be interrupted during the workday to provide advice and guidance to other coders.

Analytical & Judgement Skills

• Advanced analytical skills are required in order to interpret clinical information.
• Intense long periods of concentration will be required when analysing and accurately interpreting clinical data, such as the written clinical notes, electronic notes and results.
• Sound judgement is required in order to interpret clinical data appropriately.

Planning & Organisational Skills

• Ability to manage own workload and to work with minimum supervision.
• Prioritising skills in order to achieve numerous monthly reporting deadlines.

Additional Key Result Areas

• Maintaining professional qualifications, skills and knowledge.

• Accredited Clinical Coder (Successful pass of National clinical Coding Qualification).
• Degree qualification or equivalent experience in clinical coding within an acute hospital setting
• Completion of mandatory clinical coding training (refresher, standards updates etc).
• Significant experience of coding inpatient activity across a wide range of specialities within an acute NHS Trust setting.
• Significant knowledge, experience and understanding of ICD 10 and OPCS 4 coding classifications and standards applicable to NHS inpatient activity.
• Significant experience of using paper and electronic records to extract clinical information.
• Good communication, both verbal and written.
• Good IT skills, experience using Microsoft applications.
• Proven ability to extract & analyse complex clinical information.
• Significant understanding of medical terminology and anatomy & physiology.
• Good understanding of the importance of clinical coding and its uses and the impact of data issues.
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality.

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