Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6432007
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- Band 6 subject to NHSE Approved Clinical Coding Auditor Status.
- Closing
- 11/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Coding Auditor
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The modernisation of the NHS to provide first-class patient care requires that the information exchanged between healthcare professionals, and across NHS organisations, is always of a consistently high quality. To ensure confidence in any information produced as part of the clinical process, the underlying data must be accurate and fit for purpose.
Our Clinical Coding Auditors play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of our coded clinical data.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate Clinical Coding Auditor to join our clinical coding team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful candidate will be an excellent clinical coder - as well as being organised, methodical and driven, with a very keen eye for detail.
If this sounds like you, please don't hesitate to apply!
All applicants must hold Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) status and have a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience of working in a clinical coding department.
For current NHS England Approved Clinical Coding Auditors – applicants with this certification will commence on AFC Band 6.
If you are not NHS England qualified, you will be recruited into the post on AFC Band 5 and will progress to Band 6 upon successfully obtaining NHS England Approved Clinical Coding Auditor Status, which you will be expected to acheive within 18 months- 2 years of appointment.
Main duties of the job
To carry out the Clinical Coding Audit function for the trust, under the supervision of the Clinical Coding Operational Manager and as commissioned by the Head of Clinical Coding.
To carry out validation of the coded data, under the supervision of the Clinical Coding Operational Manager.
Undertake targeted clinical coding audits for all specialties across the Trust and clinical coders within the department, ensuring that the coded clinical data conforms to the current National Clinical Coding Standards.
As part of this role you will be required to feedback coding errors and flag poor practice both in coding and documentation standards. In order to acheive this, you will work closely with the Operational Clinical Coding Manager, Clinical Coding Training Manager and the wider clinical coding management team.
As a Clinical Coding Auditor, you will liaise with clinical coders, clinicians and managers, to enhance the accuracy and completeness of clinical coding.
As part of the audit team you will provide expert clinical coding advice to the coding team, clinicians, managers and other staff.
The post-holder will advise on and assist in the implementation of any new guidance and ensure that all local policies are updated in line with national standards.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details, requirements and responsibilities of this role.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- National Clinical Coding Qualification
- Accredited Clinical Coding Auditor Qualification
- Minimum A'Level qualifications including Biology/Human Biology/PE or equivalent, or other relevant clinical coding experience
- Continued professional development, including Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Course within last 3 years
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/Management certificate
- AMSPAR Medical Terminology Qualification or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of medical terminology, human anatomy and physiology
- Specialist knowledge of National Clinical Coding Standards
- Knowledge of Data Security & Protection Toolkit standards
- Knowledge of the impact of clinical coding on Healthcare Resource (HRGs) and mortality measures
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of how acute hospital services function in relation to the patient admission/transer/discharge journey
- Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality, the Data Protection Act, and Caldicott Principles
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of conducting clinical coding audits at coder/specialty/consultant level
- Significant practical coding experience across a wide range of complex medical and surgical specialties
- Experience of mentoring trainee coders
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using both paper and electronic records to extract clinical information
- Experience of working with clinicians and divisional managers, and contributing in meetings
- Experience of using benchmarking systems, e.g. HED
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to confidently audit coded data, providing feedback to all levels of staff
- Ability to analyse and abstract detailed information from electronic and written records
- Ability to apply national standards and local coding policies across a wide range of specialties and highly complex coding scenarios
- Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail and demonstrate DSPT ‘standards exceeded’ level in audits
- Ability to provide coding advice and support to less experienced clinical coders
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to relay complex coding information to a variety of staff at all levels
- Ability to prioritise, cope with pressure and work to deadlines
- Able to work autonomously and effectively as part of a team
- Good IT skills and able to use Microsoft Office applications
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Hall
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Coding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07570 296209
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