Clinical Coding Specialist (XN05)

Job summary

The Clinical Coding Department is looking for new Clinical Coders to join our hybrid team. We are a modern forward-thinking department looking for qualified clinical coders or open-minded enthusiastic people who are willing to undertake our 3-year Clinical Coding Training plan.

The post holder will become a key member of the department, responsible for the daily management of their job plan, ensuring the delivery to highest of standards whilst meeting the national targets and standards whilst working mostly independently from home.

Our Clinical Coding Department delivers coding complete for over 250,000 episodes per year. We have 34.36 WTE Clinical Coders with 53% AAC qualified and the remaining working towards their qualification. Our Trust treats a wide range of complex / regional patients so our work is interesting and varied. We are looking for someone with an understanding of the key principles of clinical coding with the ability to continuously improve performance.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Coders analyse clinical documentation and accurately record information about each patients diagnosis and procedures for each hospital admitted attendance. This data is used to analyse hospital activity and outcomes at a national and local level. To do this, Clinical Coders must have a substantial knowledge of human anatomy, diseases and the surgical techniques used by clinicians in many different specialties. They must have an excellent understanding of the over 400 coding standards and data collection rules.

Prior experience of coding is desirable but not essential; full in-house training will be provided with our training progression plan. Those with no prior experience of coding can expect to learn the role over the course of three years, prior to sitting the National Clinical Coding Qualification to achieve full accreditation.

About us

The Clinical Coding Department is a large and diverse team with a strong work ethic and high standards. The team work mainly from home barring a few exceptions by choice. This is because of our Trust EPR and scanning service enables our team to code digitally.

We ask that the teams attend the LTHT site a minimum of four times per year or for business need such certain training, equipment failure and operational requirements. This will ensure that staff can build and maintain relationships with other team members.

As a department we rotate the clinical coders assigned job plans every six months to ensure our clinical coders maintain their skill mix.

The department has a training and audit function with 3 auditors, a trainer and an assistant trainer. This is to ensure the continued improvements in the depth and quality of our clinical coding as well as support the trainees undertaking our annex 21 training plan for the ACC qualification.

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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