Swydd wag: Accredited Clinical Coder Band 5, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, Cheltenham

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Prif leoliad: Clinical Coding
Gradd: Band 5
Contract: Parhaol
Oriau: Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd: 318-24-COR-R12750

Cyflogwr: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr: NHS
Gwefan: Trustwide
Tref: Gloucester, Cheltenham
Cyflog: £28,407 - £34,581 pa
Cyfnod cyflog: Yn flynyddol
Yn cau: 15/09/2024 23:59

Accredited Clinical Coder Band 5

Band 5

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

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You will be responsible for (but not limited to) the following:

• Ensuring accurate, timely, complete, and consistent clinical coding is carried out within strict timescales, using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications, and adhering to the national coding standards and local clinical coding policies of the Trust.

• Collect, collate, and code clinical information, highly complex in nature, covering a wide range of specialties. This may involve coding highly sensitive and emotionally distressing patient medical records.

• Maintaining own productivity by ensuring high quality work is done by required timescales.

• Liaise with their line manager where necessary to confirm appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes where national guidance is unclear.

• Regularly liaise with and update the managers and senior colleagues regarding deficiencies and ambiguity in clinical documentation to facilitate discussions with the clinical teams and other departments to improve the clinical documentation provided for coding purposes.

• Raise data quality issues to the Coding Mangers.

• Act as a mentor to Coders and Trainees/Apprentices within the department.

• Attend and participate in team meetings to ensure knowledge and learning points are received and communicate

*Please refer to the job description and person specification documents for more details on the responsibilities and requirements for this role.

Additional contact number for:

Rebecca Gyimah - 0300 422 4797

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Qualifications

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National Clinical Coding Qualification ( NCCQ)
A LEVEL
GCSE

Experience

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National Clinical Coding Qualification ( NCCQ) Appropriate Experience
Previous experience and good knowledge in coding of a wide range of specialties
Supervisory and or mentoring experience
Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure

Knowledge / Skills

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Sound knowledge of Payment by Results, Health Care Resource Groups & any other relevant sub groups
Evidence of good working relationships within a team
IT Proficiency
Communication and interpersonal skills
Organizational skills

The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.

Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.

Committed to safeguarding our community

If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

The Trust is a safeguarding employer committed to the safeguarding and promotion of welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is committed to safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults, and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance. As part of the organisation's commitment to Safer Recruitment, candidates may request copies of relevant policies and procedures by contacting the Recruitment Team at [email protected]

Committed to supporting service personnel

As part of our commitment to support Service Personnel, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Career Transition Partnership, offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all qualifying Service and Ex-Service Personnel. To qualify for a guaranteed interview, candidates must meet the essential criteria for the post and be either a current member of the Armed Forces, or be within the two year period of resettlement. If this applies to you please email the job reference number and your AR number to the Recruitment Team at [email protected]