Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated person to support the Trust's Clinical Coding Service and Deputy Service Managers in managing the Trust's Clinical Coders and A & E Coders and ensuring continuity of both the Clinical Coding and Emergency Department Coding services.
You will be responsible for line managing a team of Clinical and A&E Coders and supporting them in their respective roles as we continue our Digital journey, and progress with both the COVID-19 recovery plan and the transition to the Electronic Patient Record.
You must be an Accredited Clinical Coder and be able to demonstrate extensive experience of coding across all specialties. You will have specialist knowledge of the ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications and be able to deal with complex coding queries, liaising with clinical staff, analysis and reporting staff and senior management on a regular basis.
We are looking for a pro-active multitasker with excellent communication skills to assist in developing, maintaining, and managing the team in order to ensure the quality and timeliness of Clinical Coding across the Trust
Main duties of the job
Directly manage a team of clinical coding staff and A & E coders, reviewing team's accuracy and coding activity statistics. To act as a professional mentor to all coding staff.
Ensure the provision of accurate, complete and timely clinical information.
Managing and allocating work to team members and to maintain office administration services.
Providing expert coding advice, communicating complex coding rules to clinical coding staff and all healthcare professionals.
Promoting Clinical Coding and the importance of good quality data throughout the Trust presenting regularly at Business Unit Directorate meetings.
Working closely with Business Units and act as key contact for any clinical coding related issues.
Coding of the more complex case-load within the department extracting complex and highly confidential information from case notes and translating it accurately into diagnostic and intervention/procedure codes, across all specialties in accordance with current coding classifications; and entering the patient data on to the Trust's PAS system.
Ensuring clinical coders are effective in their roles and achieve the necessary quality standards to support Trust income and information governance requirements.
Planning and ensuring requirements for accuracy, completeness and timeliness are met to support management and clinical needs.
Maintain and develop professional and personal skills.
About us
We manage two major locality hospitals at North Tyneside and Wansbeck plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting the Trusts Clinical Coding Service Manager in managing the Trusts clinical coders and A & E Coders to ensure the provision of accurate, complete and timely clinical information. Managing and allocating work to team members and to maintain officeadministration services. Providing expert coding advice, communicating complex coding rules to clinical coding staff and all healthcare professionals. Promoting Clinical Coding and the importance of good quality data throughout the Trust presenting regularly at Business Unit Directorate meetings. Working closely with Business Units and act as key contact for any clinical coding related issues. Coding of the more complex case-load within the department extracting complex and highly confidential information from case notes and translating it accurately into diagnostic and intervention/procedure codes, across all specialties in accordance with current coding classifications; and entering the patient data on to the Trusts PAS system. Ensuring the department is adequately managed, trained and audited in line with national standards and able to meet the long-term objectives of the Trust. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This meansdemonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables andempowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting the Trusts Clinical Coding Service Manager in managing the Trusts clinical coders and A & E Coders to ensure the provision of accurate, complete and timely clinical information. Managing and allocating work to team members and to maintain officeadministration services. Providing expert coding advice, communicating complex coding rules to clinical coding staff and all healthcare professionals. Promoting Clinical Coding and the importance of good quality data throughout the Trust presenting regularly at Business Unit Directorate meetings. Working closely with Business Units and act as key contact for any clinical coding related issues. Coding of the more complex case-load within the department extracting complex and highly confidential information from case notes and translating it accurately into diagnostic and intervention/procedure codes, across all specialties in accordance with current coding classifications; and entering the patient data on to the Trusts PAS system. Ensuring the department is adequately managed, trained and audited in line with national standards and able to meet the long-term objectives of the Trust. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This meansdemonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables andempowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Accredited Clinical Coding (ACC) Qualification or equivalent experience, (evidenced by achievement of required standards in individual coder audits).
Desirable
- Approved Clinical Coding Trainer
- Approved Clinical Coding Auditor
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Accredited Clinical Coding (ACC) Qualification or equivalent experience, (evidenced by achievement of required standards in individual coder audits).
Desirable
- Approved Clinical Coding Trainer
- Approved Clinical Coding Auditor
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).
