Trainee Clinical Coder

5 months ago


Luton, United Kingdom Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has exciting opportunities for Trainee position; if you are interested working in the NHS and would like to start a new career as a Trainee Clinical Coder this may be the right direction for you.

We are seeking to for someone who can demonstrate good analytical skills, possess basic knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and willingness to learn through self-directive study and supported training.

Full training will be provided to complete the Clinical Coding Standards Course (CCSC), which is a mandatory requirement of 21-25 days course designed to support individuals by providing an overview of the clinical coding profession in general and all national clinical coding standards, training for the use of ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications. The course is fully funded for individuals that serve a minimum of 2 years employment for the clinical coding service. The clinical coding department holds an internal contractual policy, should the employment be less than 2 years, reimbursement must be rendered for the standard course undertaken.

The post holder will provide an effective, accurate, timely, and consistent clinical coding service to the Trust and ensure all coding quality targets are achieved. In order to expand individual knowledge and provide a more robust service to the Trust, you will be expected to code variety of speciality to increase your in-depth knowledge. You will be required to work from the office on a regular basis to receive support and training.

You will be expected to promote continuous improvement in data quality by keeping abreast of development and innovations in the medical, surgical, and coding disciplines. This role forms a key member of the data quality team which aims to provide credible, accurate, complete, and timely data for the Trust.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

The Clinical Coding Department is a pivotal Service within the Trust’s IM&T Division. These are corporate functions responsible for all Trust management information, reporting both externally and internally, providing vital management information to clinicians and managers which inform and determine the basis for decision-making across the Trust.

The Clinical Coding Department is responsible for the collection of clinical diagnosis codes using the ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) and clinical procedure codes using OPCS-4 (Classification of Interventions and Procedures), extracting the relevant information from patient case notes, discharge letters and reports.

Clinical Coding data is essential for the effective management of the Trust and directly and crucially influences the Trust’s income in line with the ‘Payment by Results’ (PBR) process. It also forms the basis for clinical audit, clinical governance reporting, bench-marking and medical research.

The Trust uses ‘Electronic Documentation Record Management service’ (E.D.R.M.S), Medicode360, this enables remote working

To attend all components of the Clinical Coding Standards Course including corporate induction / mandatory training;
The post holder must be committed to attaining the National Clinical Coding Qualification in order to achieve Accredited Clinical Coder status;
To attend relevant clinical coding training courses and workshops as required;
To comply with both the Trust and departmental policies and processes.

To abstract and analyse information in the patient’s electronic records or other source of documents and translate the medical terminology into clinical codes (ICD-10 and OPCS-4), and input the coded information on to the organisation’s clinical information system;
To be able to work under pressure maintaining accuracy especially around monthly coding deadlines and the refresh period;
Maintain a flexible attitude and response to change in job content or organisation i


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