Lead Clinical Coder

2 weeks ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**NHS Professionals in partnership with **_**Derriford Hospital**_ **are looking for**:
**Lead Clinical Coders to join the bank.**

Flexible and long term opportunities are available.

**Location - Derriford Hospital**

**Pay rates**

**Day rate: £20.00 - £25.00 per hour, paid weekly**

**NHS Professionals is the leading provider of managed flexible workforce services to the NHS with approximately 40,000 nurses, doctors, administration and clerical and other healthcare professionals signed to its bank. We help our NHS Trust clients implement tactical measures to improve workforce efficiency and productivity as part of an overall workforce strategy**.

Based at Derriford Hospital the role will provide comprehensive, high quality, efficient clinical coding of inpatients and day cases using ICD 10 and OPCS4 classifications to facilitate Payment by Results, statistical and performance analysis, and clinical care/audit. The UHP Clinical Coding Department codes approximately 135,000 inpatient and day case episodes per year.

Duties may also include some engagement in validation meetings with clinicians, education of junior clinicians in the importance of co-morbidity recording, building working relationships with service teams and to act as a point of contact for coding issues.

The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:

- Must have previous experience as a Clinical Coder
- Expertise in clinical coding using ICD10 and OPCS4
- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Knowledge and experience in the use of medical terminology
- Good keyboard skills
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software
- Accredited Clinical Coder (IHRIM)
- Ideally have knowledge of iPM in relation to clinical coding but not essential.

**Salary**: £20.00-£25.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Work Location: One location



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