Trainee Clinical Coding Officer

3 months ago

Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking to recruit Trainee Clinical Coding Officer to join our exciting dynamic and innovative teams at Colchester General Hospital

If you are looking for an exciting and challenging career, which offers the opportunity to gain a professional qualification, then Clinical Coding could be the career for you. Clinical Coding is a vital function in ensuring that Trusts accurately report the treatments patients receive, linking to a plethora of local and national comparators including mortality and financial.

Whilst this post starts at band 2, the you will progress to band 3 upon successful completion of the NCCSC. An 18-month competency review should see you attain the relevant competency standards to ensure progression to the post of Band 4 Clinical Coding Officer; Competency levels are set using DS& P toolkit quality assurance levels, through a series of internal audits and checks.

A Clinical Coder who holds the Accredited Clinical Coder status (ACC) by passing the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) will progress to Band 5.

While working towards passing the NCCQ exam this post is notsuitable for home-based working. You will need to be able to work from Colchester Hospital during standard office hours. Upon successful completion of the NCCQ exam and ACC status is achieved, the flexibility of remote working can be introduced

Previous applicants do not need to re-apply.

You will be based at one our main hospitals, but should be prepared to travel to either sites for training purposes. You will be expected to undertake the NHS Digital Terminology and Classification National Clinical Coding Standards Course (NCSS) and give a firm undertaking to complete this course, hence the Trust is looking for hardworking, enthusiastic people capable of working within a team and independently with huge interest in their personal and professional development.

You will be trained to abstract clinical information from various clinical documents/electronic systems. This will be done through completion and engagement of on-going clinical coding training programme encompassing use of ICD10 & OPCS4._ classifications and the national standards that define their use. Attendance and completion of the national clinical coding standards course (NCCSC) is a mandatory requirement.

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Ensure that your clinical coding skills are developed to ensure a high quality clinically coded record is produced at all times. This will be done through completion and engagement with a programme of ongoing clinical coding training programme encompassing use of ICD10 & OPCS Classifications and the national standards that define their use. Attendance and completion of the national clinical coding standards course (NCCSC) is a mandatory requirement of the post holder.

Demonstrate significant and/or improving knowledge of anatomy and physiology as part of ongoing training and development.

Demonstrate improving competency and compliance with clinical coding standards through a series of audits and checks; competency levels are set using DSP toolkit quality assurance levels. An 18-month competency review should see the post holder attain the relevant competency standards to ensure progression to the post of Band 4 Clinical Coding Officer.

Compliance with clinical coding national standards and local policies are an integral part of the role and the post holder must ensure that their personal coding reference materials are routinely updated to reflect changing coding practices.

Work towards attainment of Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC status) through ongoing training and appraisal, maintain

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