Accredited Clinical Coding.
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £34,581.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £34581.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2024 |
| Location: | Kettering, NN16 8UZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9264-24-0277 |
Summary
Extract, analyse and codify complex clinical information describing a patients diagnostic and procedural healthcare status within an episode of care using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications. Ensure codified data is of high quality and accurate i.e., in line with all relevant National Clinical Coding Standards and Local Clinical Coding Policies. Ensure codified data is entered into the Patient Administration System (PAS) in a timely manner i.e., within defined local and national timescales. Responsible for supporting the Clinical Coding Team Leader in the day to day planning, organisation and delivery of clinical coding, overseeing workload, as well as working with medical staff on issues of clinical coding in order to ensure accurate, complete and timely information. Where required work with other disciplines of staff who are necessary to the successful completion of accurate clinical coding i.e., clinicians and Senior Managers, providing and receiving complex information using persuasive skills as required. Communicate complex coding rules to a range of staff involved in the coding process; medical, clinical and administrative staff, Senior Managers and external agencies, e.g. Coroners Office as appropriate. Work with Health Intelligence colleagues to ensure high standards of data quality of various data items e.g., consultant, speciality, date of admission is achieved as evidenced by quality metrics such as the Data Quality Maturity Index (DQMI). Understand and adhere to the departments Clinical Coding Policy/Procedure document. With the support of the Clinical Coding Team Lead mentor Associate Clinical Coders. Take day to day responsibility on training and mentoring of new team members, or less experienced team members, guiding, motivating as appropriate and overseeing workload. Work with the Clinical Coding Team Leads to support the organisation of the submission of codified data against defined local and national timescales. Work with the Clinical Coding Automation Lead to support validating and training clinical coding automation solutions. Validate missing patient information; contact clinicians and clerical staff as appropriate to locate clinical records and missing patient information. To be regularly involved in complex departmental internal audits, actively leading workload consistency and accuracy checks, as required by senior team members. Support the Group in transformation and cost-improvement programmes that involve coded data as a mechanism for financial gains by critically examining working practices within the department to identify cost improvements and effective measures and support senior colleagues in the team in developing and implementing action plans.