About this role
Job summary
CLINICAL CODING SPECIALIST
Are you an experienced ACC Clinical Coder looking for an exciting development and progression opportunity? Find out more below!
We are looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Clinical Coders to join our Trust to support the department in achieving mandated reporting and financial requirements, whilst also having the opportunity to progress professionally. You will be working in a large team alongside other coders and additionally with other specialist coders as part of a more expert team sharing knowledge and providing assistance to less experienced coders.
The post holder will be responsible for coding across all specialities at the Trust and will work as part of the centralised coding team with coding offices on two sites. As the Trust supports a positive work/life balance, coders can choose where they work:-
on site full time hybrid work approach (home and office based) fully remote (an on-site presence is expected for business needs such as certain training, equipment failure etc). This will ensure that staff can build and maintain relationships with other team members - the existing team work successfully mainly from home.
R&R is also offered to ACC qualified coders.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To work closely with the Clinical Coding Delivery Team Manager to support the delivery of and ongoing improvement to clinical documentation and accurate clinically coded data. To advise on data recording practises to ensure clinical coding accurately reflects inpatient care delivered.Undertake clinical coding validationhighlighting training and data quality issues to the Clinical Coding Trainer and Clinical Coding Auditor.
Act as a support to the Clinical Coding Delivery Team Manager to facilitate contact with designated Divisions or specialties and communicate complex coding issues to medical and non-medical staff on coding queries and National coding standards to ensure accuracy and consistency of information.
To analyse and abstract diagnostic and procedural information from patient records across all specialties.
To translate diagnostic and procedural information using ICD-10 and OPCS and enter coding onto the Trusts PAS via encoding softwarein an accurate and timely manner adhering to the Trust's deadlines.
Act as a mentor and assist in the education of less experienced clinical coders. Ensure accuracy and completeness of the clinical coding to national clinical coding requirements. To work with clinicians on a regular basis to validate clinically coded data.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
To operate on own initiative referring more complex cases to the Clinical Coding Delivery Team Manager for advice. To act in the capacity of coding expert and provides advice to junior team members on coding queries ensuring adherence to national clinical coding guidelines. Responsible for the accurate entry of clinical coding against inpatient activity for the Specialty/Division. Use a variety of knowledge resources to translate procedures where the coding process does not fully apply. Demonstrate good presentation skills to colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team and clinicians. Assist the Clinical Coding Delivery Team Manager to coordinate engagement between Clinical Coders, Clinicians and Management for Divisions. Responsible for planning own workload to ensure that the objectives of the whole team are achieved. Maintain a professional standard of behaviour with all Trust staff.
Person Specification
Other Essential
Flexible approach to work Ability to travel across the various sites of the Trust
Knowledge, Experience and Skills Essential
Knowledge of National Tariff Payment System Knowledge of inpatient and outpatient coding process Knowledge of data protection legislation, Caldicott and other relevant guidance Knowledge of SNOMED CT Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team Ability to exercise initiative and produce required results Self-reliant and able to deal with a high degree of ambiguity Planning, organising workload to meet deadlines Effective interpersonal skills to liaise with consultants, clinical and administration staff on issues of clinical coding and the associated administrative process Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft applications Excellent concentration skills with attention to detail Excellent communication skills Excellent medical terminology, anatomy and physiology knowledge Experience of working with clinicians and/or senior staff Experience of undertaking presentations relating to clinical coding Broad experience of clinical coding a minimum of 5 specialties
Desirable
Experience of the HRG Grouper Experience of clinical coding audits
Qualifications Essential
Excellent standard of education Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC)
Desirable
Degree level education or equivalent experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Southport Hospital
Town Lane, Kew
Southport
PR8 6PN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)