Senior Clinical Coder
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,816.00 to £34,581.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22816.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 Regent Point, NE3 3HD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9317-24-0842 |
Summary
To be responsible for extracting highly complex clinical information from both paper and electronic health records, to translate relevant medical terminology using international and national classifications Is required to produce consistent, accurate, complete and timely coded clinical data in accordance with all national standards, local clinical coding policies and commissioner deadlines. Requirement to consistently deliver against demanding deadlines andaccountable for maintaining accuracy and compliance with frequently changing national standards and clinical coding conventions. Ensure targets are consistently achieved for both throughput and accuracy of clinical coded data. To work autonomously without direct instruction or supervision when self-allocating work and achievement of daily coding targets. Ensure compliance with all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) applicable to the clinical coding service. To be proactive and flexible in moving towards an electronic way of working within a clinical coding setting, as the Trust develops its electronic patient record and achieves its strategic objective of becoming a paper-lite organisation. To act as mentor to less experienced clinical coders. Our department delivers effective leadership, career progression and excellent benefits in one of the most advanced teaching NHS Foundation Trusts in the country. We also have a clear, structured career progression pathway and with senior clinical coders having the opportunity to progress into team leaders, auditors, trainers and management positions throughout the Trust. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.