Clinical Coding Auditor

2 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Health Jobs UK Full time
  • management experience
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview

Development the Coding Service acting as a point of contact for coding issues, building working relationships attending meetings with clinical teams and service managers. Analysis of coded data exploring irregularities, deliver feedback to team to ensure uniformity and quality of coding. Advise on complex coding issues ensuring the data accurately reflects the patient care delivered. Work closely with clinical teams to improve documentation. Support the clinical coding team when required. Assist the Clinical Coding Manager in achieving month end coding completion targets.

Must have Clinical Coding Auditor qualification to apply for post.

Main duties of the job
  • To be responsible for the delivery of the Internal Clinical Coding Audit programme and the trusts annual DSPT Audit.
  • Coordinate engagement between Divisional Managers, Clinical Directors clinicians, and Clinical coders. This will include regular meetings with clinical teams, analysis of coded data. ensuring the data reflects the national rules, conventions, and datasets and to ensure income is maximized by undertaking a programme of random and targeted clinical coding audits for all specialties throughout the Trust
  • Monitor data quality and clinical coding standards in line with local and national guidelines. Report any complex coding issues as directed for verification Follow up all responses with relevant staff.
  • The post holder will work closely with wards and the data quality team, to ensure that data is accurate, timely, standardised, and robust to support performance
  • To represent the trust at the Regional Clinical Coding Advisory group and feedback on / action any issues raised as appropriate.
Working for our organisation

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
  • Communicate effectively with clinicians, managers, information, finance, and other staff members to ensure high quality of coded data. An ability to provide complex Clinical Coding advice and information to colleagues within the NHS
  • Support the divisions on new clinical practise or procedures agree on the code assignments and cascade knowledge and understanding of the procedure to the Clinical Coding team.
  • Liaise with clinicians, researchers, and healthcare professionals on a regular basis to provide and help with information as required. Be able to explain the requirements of the classifications and how to implement them. Attending courses forums as appropriate.
Person specification

educational qualification
Essential criteria
  • ACC
  • Clinical Coding approved Auditor
Desirable criteria
  • AMSPAR
Experince
Essential criteria
  • Extensive knowledge of Clinical Coding in various specialties
  • presentation skills
Desirable criteria
  • management experience
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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