Job summary
Trained Clinical Coder/Trainee Clinical Coder
Base location - Venn House, Royal Sussex County Hospital
Payscale: Band 3/4 (depending upon previous training and experience) A vacancy has arisen within the UHSussex Clinical Coding Department allowing an opportunity to join an experienced team of Clinical Coders, who extract diagnostic and procedural data from case notes and translate it into classification codes, using ICD10 and OPCS 4Previous clinical coding experience is desirable. The National Clinical Coding Standards Course will be provided for trainees.A good understanding of anatomy and physiology would be desirable.You should possess good interpersonal skills, be able to prioritise your own workload and work to very strict deadlines. Band 4 candidates would be expected to mentor less experienced staff.
Band 4 candidates must have passed the National Clinical Coding Standards Course and have previous Clinical Coding experience within an NHS Trust.
Band 4 candidates will also be expected to study for and sit the National Clinical Coding Qualification.
Main duties of the job
To train to provide high quality and timely coded clinical data. Clinical coders collect, collate, analyse and code clinical information relating to the diagnoses and procedures using ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) and OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures. It is essential to ensure the data is accurate and complete to meet Trust deadlines supporting the allocation of HRG's (Healthcare Resource Groups), Service Line reporting, Clinical Governance and to facilitate maximisation of the Trust income in line with Payment by Results (PbR).
About us
Mission and values
The mission of University Hospitals Sussex - what we are striving to achieve - is to provide:
'excellent care every time'
All our efforts to do this put the interests of our patients first and foremost, and are underpinned by our values:
- Compassion
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Respect
- Professionalism
- Inclusion
These values were selected by our staff, patients and public when we were talking about the merger and the sort of organisation we want University Hospitals Sussex to be.
Our mission and values are extremely important to us and we expect everyone who works at University Hospitals Sussex in any capacity to share and uphold them.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To train to obtain and collate clinical information from patient health records. To analyse and interpret that data and translate into Diagnosis and Procedure codes using the International Classification of Diseases (latest version) and the Office of Population and Censuses Classifications of Surgical Operations and Procedures (latest version). These codes need to be accurate, complete and timely to support multiple Trust business streams and the post holder needs to understand the implications to the Trust of this coded data.
2. To undertake and pass the NHS Digital Clinical Coding Standards Course
3. To access and examine other appropriate clinical documentation and systems to ensure completion of coding within Trust timescales
4. To participate in internal training initiatives and ensure own individual professional development by attendance at external training
5. As part of this personal development to ensure broad knowledge of Clinical Coding to ensure ability to code all Specialties covered by the Trust
6. To understand the impact of coded data on the business aspects of the Trust and be able to communicate the complexities of your work to Clinical colleagues
7. To organise and prioritise own workload
8. To become proficient in the use of the Trust Patient Administration System with particular emphasis on the Coding module and the Patient Tracking module.
9. To maintain a flexible attitude and respond to job changes within the Organisation to maintain or improve the quality of the Coding service.
10. To search for and collect documentation relating to uncoded episodes during the trainee stage of the role. Assist the clinical coding support staff in their collection role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To train to obtain and collate clinical information from patient health records. To analyse and interpret that data and translate into Diagnosis and Procedure codes using the International Classification of Diseases (latest version) and the Office of Population and Censuses Classifications of Surgical Operations and Procedures (latest version). These codes need to be accurate, complete and timely to support multiple Trust business streams and the post holder needs to understand the implications to the Trust of this coded data.
2. To undertake and pass the NHS Digital Clinical Coding Standards Course
3. To access and examine other appropriate clinical documentation and systems to ensure completion of coding within Trust timescales
4. To participate in internal training initiatives and ensure own individual professional development by attendance at external training
5. As part of this personal development to ensure broad knowledge of Clinical Coding to ensure ability to code all Specialties covered by the Trust
6. To understand the impact of coded data on the business aspects of the Trust and be able to communicate the complexities of your work to Clinical colleagues
7. To organise and prioritise own workload
8. To become proficient in the use of the Trust Patient Administration System with particular emphasis on the Coding module and the Patient Tracking module.
9. To maintain a flexible attitude and respond to job changes within the Organisation to maintain or improve the quality of the Coding service.
10. To search for and collect documentation relating to uncoded episodes during the trainee stage of the role. Assist the clinical coding support staff in their collection role.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- 5 GSCE passes A-C or equivalent in English, Mathematics and a science
- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Experience of Microsoft office products, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Clerical Experience
Desirable
- National Clinical Coding Standards Course
- Experience using NHS PAS systems
- Experience working to tight deadlines
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- 5 GSCE passes A-C or equivalent in English, Mathematics and a science
- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Experience of Microsoft office products, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Clerical Experience
Desirable
- National Clinical Coding Standards Course
- Experience using NHS PAS systems
- Experience working to tight deadlines
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
