Senior Clinical Coder

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Coder to join our team at Salford Royal Hospital which is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for candidates with clinical coding experience across specialties in an acute setting and ideally already hold the National Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC) or be working towards.

We would also consider applicants in a developmental role, with a minimum requirement of having already completed the Clinical Coding Standards Course.

The post holder requires excellent communication, organisation skills and to be able to work as part of a team to deliver timely and accurate coded data to meet the Trust's deadlines.

We have the ability to offer a fully remote or hybrid working with the use of a fully electronic patient record and offer full flexible working in regards to start and finish time, working patterns, condensed hours etc.

For development in the role, the banding gateways will be reached through the following: -

Trainee Clinical Coders, via input and documentation from their Clinical Coding Liaison Specialists and in conjunction with the Trainee Clinical Coder Programme Outline Document, will be able to demonstrate sufficient experience and skills to prompt a development assessment & audit.

The Clinical Coding assessment will be conducted first and comprises of a mixture of ICD 10 and OPCS-4 quickfire questions, and case studies. The set pass mark for the paper is >= 90%, and upon successfully obtaining the pass percentage, it will prompt a Clinical Coding Milestone audit on the Trainee Coder.

The Clinical Coding audit will be conducted within 3 months from a successful assessment, following the current version of NHSE Clinical Coding audit methodology. It should comprise of a minimum of 50 episodes, and the pass percentage is set to DSPT level of attainment for Standards Met as a minimum.

Upon successfully passing the audit the Trainee Clinical Coder Band 3, will be awarded Clinical Coder Band 4.

For the Clinical Coder, Band 4 development Milestone to Senior Clinical Coder Band 5, the Key Development Milestone is met upon successfully passing the National Clinical Coding Qualification and the Clinical Coder obtaining their Accredit Clinical Coding status. The banding change is from Clinical Coder Band 4 to the Senior Clinical Coder Band 5, with the banding change effective from the date of exam.

Main duties of the job

The Coding Team is a skilled team with an excellent reputation that ensures complete and accurate coding of Trust activity. We have a wealth of experienced within the team as well as in-house Audit and Coded Data & Standards Assurance Team to support you and help you advance through specialties.

While the candidate will have daily duties and responsibilities, the spectrum of work may be broad across the Department. Please refer to the job description for more details.

We have a focus on progression and promoting from within the team so opportunities can and do arise.

In addition to this we offer high flexibility around hours and working patterns.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.