Job summary
Moorside Surgery is a friendly and successful training
practice based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. We have a fantastic opportunity for
a Clinical Coder/Summariser to join our multi-disciplinary team. The postholder
will be working alongside our current document manager/scanner coder.
We are rated outstanding for providing effective services
and for the care of people with long term conditions - our teams are committed
to delivering a high-quality provision to over 8500 patients with a focus on
continuity of care.
The Practice has a friendly and committed team of staff
consisting of 5 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Practice Nurses, Health Care
Assistants along with an experienced and supportive managerial and
administrative team.
The Surgery is a satellite Hub Practice offering patients
increased access to GP, Nurse, and Physiotherapy appointments on Wednesday
evenings. (Evening work is not required for this role).
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the post-holder will be reviewing
clinical documents, Lloyd George notes and other letters to identify relevant
clinical findings and read coding these documents as appropriate, to ensure
accuracy in medical records.
About us
The Practice has a friendly and committed team of staff
consisting of 5 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Practice Nurses, Health Care
Assistants along with an experienced and supportive managerial and
administrative team.
The Surgery is a satellite Hub Practice offering patients
increased access to GP, Nurse, and Physiotherapy appointments on Wednesday
evenings. (Evening work is not required for this role).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities Main duties/Key Tasks:
Extract relevant clinical information for coding.
Enter data accurately into the clinical system.
Apply appropriate Read/SNOMED codes.
Ensure confidentiality and data protection compliance.
Liaise with clinical staff for clarification when needed.
Maintain up to date, accurate patient records.
Review and summarise incoming patient medical records.
Support QOF, audits and clinical reporting.
Work to agreed targets and deadlines.
Contribute to efficient record record-keeping and patient
care.
Any other administration duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Responsibilities Main duties/Key Tasks:
Extract relevant clinical information for coding.
Enter data accurately into the clinical system.
Apply appropriate Read/SNOMED codes.
Ensure confidentiality and data protection compliance.
Liaise with clinical staff for clarification when needed.
Maintain up to date, accurate patient records.
Review and summarise incoming patient medical records.
Support QOF, audits and clinical reporting.
Work to agreed targets and deadlines.
Contribute to efficient record record-keeping and patient
care.
Any other administration duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications
- Essential
- GCSEs or equivalent in English and Maths at Grade 4 / C or above
- Understanding of the NHS in particular primary care
- Ability to organise workload and proficient in using computers.
Desirable
- Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration, Health and Social Care, Pharmacy services, or equivalent relevant qualification
- Experience of using SystmOne
Experience
Essential
- An experienced administrator, with excellent IT, time management and organisational skills with a knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to communicate effectively, working in a confidential and discreet manner.
- Ability to multi-task, work effectively and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as independently.
- Some flexibility is required as you sometimes maybe asked to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.
Desirable
- An experienced clinical coder / note summariser.
- Primary care experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications
- Essential
- GCSEs or equivalent in English and Maths at Grade 4 / C or above
- Understanding of the NHS in particular primary care
- Ability to organise workload and proficient in using computers.
Desirable
- Desirable
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration, Health and Social Care, Pharmacy services, or equivalent relevant qualification
- Experience of using SystmOne
Experience
Essential
- An experienced administrator, with excellent IT, time management and organisational skills with a knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to communicate effectively, working in a confidential and discreet manner.
- Ability to multi-task, work effectively and maintain a high level of attention to detail, when under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, as well as independently.
- Some flexibility is required as you sometimes maybe asked to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.
Desirable
- An experienced clinical coder / note summariser.
- Primary care 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.
