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Finegreen are currently supporting a large NHS organisation in the appointment of an experienced Clinical Coder, this role is fully remote working and is additional support for an initial period of 3 months to assist the department with the completion of a clinical coding deadline set.
Must be ACC Qualified with specialties to be coded including; General Surgery / Orthopaedics / Obstetrics / General Medicine / Paediatrics / Upper & Lower GI.
Purpose of the role:
Work as part of a team providing an efficient and high quality clinical coding service to support the business and clinical needs of the Trust, by ensuring accurate and timely translation and input of medical terminology, within specified local and national timescales;
Abstract, analyse and translate complex medical, interventional, procedural and other clinical information from patient’s health records into a coded format using (ICD10) International Classification of Diseases and (OPCS) Office of Population Census and Surveys Classification, adhering to the rules and conventions as set down by NHS Digital;
Achieves the performance requirements of an Accredited Clinical Coder;
Passes Clinical Coding Audit in all coding areas and works towards exceeding audit
Requirements;
Works independently (without supervision) within all specialties, follows defined coding processes for resolving queries on their own;
Selects own workload to and knows when to use the internal query process to escalate more
complex issues to senior members of staff or clinicians;
Performs advanced Clinical Coding that requires the post holder to make analytical judgements
regarding a wide range of complex patient documentation and utilising clinical coding
conventions;
Requirements for the role:
The post holder must have taken the National Clinical Coding Qualification and achieved Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) status;
Holds the Clinical Coding National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) and current coding
refresher status;
Responsible for the provision of a high quality clinical coding service. Abstracting and analysing
documented medical terminology, then translating into clinical codes that can be used to give an
accurate record of inpatient hospital admissions;
If you are interested in the role, please contact Donna Larder on (phone number removed) or send your to (url removed)
