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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 6 Team Leader Clinical Coder

The closing date is 20 May 2025

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Job summary

About Us:

The Clinical Coding Department at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals is a vital part of our healthcare system. We are responsible for accurately translating patient information into codes that are used for billing, research, and planning purposes. Our work directly impacts the Trust's ability to recover income and plan services effectively.

Our Team:

Our team is comprised of skilled and dedicated professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality work within demanding time frames. We work closely with clinicians, medical secretaries, and other staff to ensure that all relevant information is captured and coded accurately.

Main duties of the job

Overview of responsibilities:

To abstract and analyse complex clinical information from patient records and translate this into a coded format in line with National Standards.To have a high level of knowledge of Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology.

To enter the final encoded data onto the appropriate computer systems to meet essential Trust requirements for statutory information and financial flows.

The post holder will work as part of a team of experienced trained and trainee staff and the job will involve rotation between duties working on all specialties across all the five teams.

Deal with enquiries from all parts of the hospital.

Locate source documents; read histology, cytology, and radiology reports and analyse complex medical information from the EPR.

Ensure that patient records are processed in the correct manner and tracked to appropriate destinations using the computer tracking system.

Act as mentor and assist in the education of less experienced coders.

To be aware of wider information and patient administration service systems.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,939 to £50,697 a year has 20% R&R

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

343-NN-7178360-FM-HM

Job locations

cross site

either Epsom or St Helier Hospital

either Epsom or Carshalton

KT18 7EG


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is responsible for assigning correct clinical codes to diagnoses and operative procedures against nationally agreed standards, in order to produce reliable clinical information for commissioning, reimbursement (based on HRG assignment), audit, research and performance indicator production.

To work with clinicians on a regular basis to help validate their coding in order to produce more accurate coding to facilitate the National Tariff Payment System (NTPS).

The post holder is also responsible for coding of complex clinical coding scenarios and spend at least 75% of time in coding.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is responsible for assigning correct clinical codes to diagnoses and operative procedures against nationally agreed standards, in order to produce reliable clinical information for commissioning, reimbursement (based on HRG assignment), audit, research and performance indicator production.

To work with clinicians on a regular basis to help validate their coding in order to produce more accurate coding to facilitate the National Tariff Payment System (NTPS).

The post holder is also responsible for coding of complex clinical coding scenarios and spend at least 75% of time in coding.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited Clinical Coder qualification (ACC)
  • Degree or equivalent qualification or experience

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial Clinical Coding expertise across multipleall specialties and levels of complexity, to be proven either by an acceptable portfolio of evidence and an internal examination.
  • Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology
  • Knowledge of PAS or equivalent systems (Cerner EPR)
  • Good experience of Microsoft Office, including ability to use Excel spreadsheets.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse and abstract complex records.
  • Ability to resolve complex coding issues and aptly extrapolate resolutions to other.
  • Able to identify data quality issues and coding workflow impediments and use sound intuition to resolve.
  • Ability to validate coding and feedback findings to junior coders, clinicians, and management.
  • Attention to detail with a very diligent approach to work.
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload as well support junior coders in managing their own work.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and coding accuracy standards
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited Clinical Coder qualification (ACC)
  • Degree or equivalent qualification or experience

Desirable

  • ECDL

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial Clinical Coding expertise across multipleall specialties and levels of complexity, to be proven either by an acceptable portfolio of evidence and an internal examination.
  • Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology
  • Knowledge of PAS or equivalent systems (Cerner EPR)
  • Good experience of Microsoft Office, including ability to use Excel spreadsheets.

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse and abstract complex records.
  • Ability to resolve complex coding issues and aptly extrapolate resolutions to other.
  • Able to identify data quality issues and coding workflow impediments and use sound intuition to resolve.
  • Ability to validate coding and feedback findings to junior coders, clinicians, and management.
  • Attention to detail with a very diligent approach to work.
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload as well support junior coders in managing their own work.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and coding accuracy standards

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

cross site

either Epsom or St Helier Hospital

either Epsom or Carshalton

KT18 7EG


Employer's website

https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

cross site

either Epsom or St Helier Hospital

either Epsom or Carshalton

KT18 7EG


Employer's website

https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Clinical Coding

Theo Bandara

theo.bandara@nhs.net

02082962496

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,939 to £50,697 a year has 20% R&R

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

343-NN-7178360-FM-HM

Job locations

cross site

either Epsom or St Helier Hospital

either Epsom or Carshalton

KT18 7EG


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