Job summary
To assist the Head of Clinical Coding in delivering a programme of Clinical Coding and Data Quality Audits to ensure that patient coded data is of known quality to support effective use of data for reimbursement, benchmarking, performance monitoring and other analytical requirements.
Main duties of the job
Plan, develop, implement and manage the delivery of the Clinical Coding audit/training service using NHS Digital Clinical Classifications material.
To deliver the training to new Coders, existing Coders requiring further/refresher training and and external service users
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
To share responsibility for planning, organising and implementing processes, policies and strategies to meet internal and external performance reporting of the Trust in order to satisfy the compliance requirements of NHs regulatory bodies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To share responsibility for planning, organising and implementing processes, policies and strategies to meet internal and external performance reporting of the Trust in order to satisfy the compliance requirements of NHs regulatory bodies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NCCQ (ACC) - Accredited Clinical Coder
- Qualified as a Clinical Coder with documented evidence of NHS digital authorised formal training. Competency achievement gained and formal refresher training
Desirable
- NHS digital Accredited Clinical Coding trainer qualification
- Training Foundation TAP Certificate in delivery skills
Previous experience
Essential
- To have worked in an NHS acute trust clinical coding environment. NHS coding experience within the last 12 months
- Computer literate with knowledge of windows environment and microsoft suite applications.
- Evidence and experience of presentations to multiple disciplines of NHS staff.
specific requirements
Essential
- Highly self motivated. Ability to develop implement and manage training/audit programme to support clinical coders and related professions at all levels.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to communicate complex coding rules to coding staff, clinical staff, managerial staff and external agencies.
- Must be able to deliver presentations at all levels including Senior Managers and Clinicians
Evidence of particular knowledge, skills and aptitudes.
Essential
- Ability to use own judgement to interpret and summarise sometimes complex relevant classification codes applying rules and conventions
- Must be able to recognise and act upon potential problems
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NCCQ (ACC) - Accredited Clinical Coder
- Qualified as a Clinical Coder with documented evidence of NHS digital authorised formal training. Competency achievement gained and formal refresher training
Desirable
- NHS digital Accredited Clinical Coding trainer qualification
- Training Foundation TAP Certificate in delivery skills
Previous experience
Essential
- To have worked in an NHS acute trust clinical coding environment. NHS coding experience within the last 12 months
- Computer literate with knowledge of windows environment and microsoft suite applications.
- Evidence and experience of presentations to multiple disciplines of NHS staff.
specific requirements
Essential
- Highly self motivated. Ability to develop implement and manage training/audit programme to support clinical coders and related professions at all levels.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to communicate complex coding rules to coding staff, clinical staff, managerial staff and external agencies.
- Must be able to deliver presentations at all levels including Senior Managers and Clinicians
Evidence of particular knowledge, skills and aptitudes.
Essential
- Ability to use own judgement to interpret and summarise sometimes complex relevant classification codes applying rules and conventions
- Must be able to recognise and act upon potential problems
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework.
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.
