Advanced Clinical Coding Practitioner

Job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen to appoint a Full-time Advanced Clinical Coding Practitioner who relishes a challenge, working in a busy and constantly changing environment.

The successful candidate will provide a vital and dynamic coding role within an excellent, high achieving and supportive coding team. The Trust has a reputation for consistently achieving targets and for high quality clinically coded data achieved by providing excellent standards of training, mentoring and support for all team members.

The candidate will require the Accredited (ACC) Clinical Coding qualification and one year's experience post attainment of ACC or equivalent experience in a wide range of specialties.

As well as being a competent and experienced Clinical Coder, listed below are some of the other keys stills that are essential:

• Good analytical and judgement skills
• Good communication skills and ability to engage with staff at all levels
• Advanced keyboard skills
• Good time management skills
• In depth knowledge and understanding of medical terminology, anatomical and physiological skills
• In depth knowledge and experience in the use of ICD-10 5th Edition and OPCS 4.10
• Experience in mentoring of Clinical Coding Trainees or less experienced Clinical Coding Officers.

Main duties of the job

Clinically coded data is fundamental in helping the Trust deliver against its overall goal of becoming the 'safest Trust in England, outstanding in all that we do'. The income of the Trust is reliant on accurate and timely coded data. This information is also used for resource management, clinical research, clinical audit, and healthcare contracting, and service provision both locally and nationally.

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Abstracting and analysing complex patient clinical information and translating into a standardised coded format applying National Clinical Coding Rules and Conventions.
• Mentoring and supporting non-qualified clinical coding staff, dealing with complex coding queries escalated through the Clinical Coding Team.
• Reviewing and auditing of coding that has already been coded.
• Improving the accuracy and depth of clinical coded data through engagement with Clinicians and Directorate Managers.
• Contributing to timely completion of coded activity to ensure that Trust Income is secured and data complete for national submission.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, it's our pledge to help you Develop, Belongand Thrive, Here.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.