Senior Clinical Coder

Senior Accredited Clinical Coder - Band 5 with 15% R&R Payment

The Trust is seeking to appoint an Accredited Clinical Coder who has held the national award for at least 2 years.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Accredited Clinical Coder to develop their skills. The post holder will assist the Clinical Coding Manager in the continuing development of an improved communication system between the coding department and clinicians, and to ensure that complete and high-quality clinical coding is delivered within the timescales.

The successful applicant will have a methodical and accurate approach to work, with good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to prioritise their own workload and achieve strict deadlines.

The applicant will be required to support both the Clinical Coding Manager and Deputy Clinical Coding Manager in the maintenance of coding processes and procedures and a comprehensive training programme for the coding team.

The Trust promotes Agile Working, therefore with the agreement of the manager there will be an opportunity to work from home at times.

**Essential requirements include**:
ACC Clinical Coding Qualification.

Minimum of 4-5 years Clinical Coding experience which must include an established knowledge and understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology and national coding classifications.

Understanding and knowledge of the clinical coding process and how it affects the current Payment by Results Framework within the NHS.

The Senior Accredited Clinical Coder will work within the Clinical Coding team to abstract, analyse and translate complex clinical diagnosis and treatment information into nationally recognised codes, and enter the data into the appropriate Trust system to meet essential Trust requirements for statutory information and financial reporting. The post holder will act as lead contact for designated clinical specialties, communicating with medical staff on complex coding queries relating to diagnoses and operative procedures.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Work on own initiative to abstract and analyse complex clinical
information from patient records including test results, discharge
summaries, theatre notes and other information which may be stored
locally within a specialty (e.g., GI Reporting, Theatre Management
System, PACS, ICE). Translate this information into a coded format in
line with National Standards and Trust policies and procedures with a high
degree of accuracy.

To enter the final encoded data onto the appropriate computer systems to
meet essential Trust requirements for statutory information and financial
reporting, ensuring Trust income is correct. This will require extended
periods of concentration, and prolonged VDU use.

To provide coding cover in periods of absence on all specialties,
maintaining a high level of accuracy whilst doing so.

To act as lead contact with designated specialties and communicate
complex issues with medical staff on coding queries relating to diagnoses
and operative procedures, using persuasive skills where necessary, in
order to ensure accuracy and consistency of information.

Be a mentor for Clinical Coders, providing support, motivation, guidance,
and training through coaching for that individual on all aspects of the role.

Work with the Clinical Coding Team Leaders to develop and implement
training plans for Trainee Clinical Coders.

Organise daily workload efficiently so that personal coding targets are met
and support the rest of the coding team in achieving high standards of
coding completeness and accuracy within agreed time scales.

In the absence of the Coding Managers, ensure all work is distributed
across the team, and organised evenly covering all coding duties, and
supervise the work of more junior colleagues?

Participate in the maintenance of departmental records of local and
national coding policies/standards in order to ensure consistency and
accuracy throughout the department. Assist in development of local
coding policies and implem