South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Coder
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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
- 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 financial reimbursement and the National Tariff Payment System.
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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.
The successful candidate will be required to hold the National Clinical Coding Qualification in order to effectively deliver these responsibilities. Detailed knowledge of current Health Resource Grouping will also be required.
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University 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. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
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.
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Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, 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.
As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Elaine Denham
- Job title: Clinical Coding Manager
- Email address: elaine.denham@swft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01926 495321
Michelle Elliott - Deputy Clinical Coding Manager
Elaine Denham - 01926 495321 Ext 4142
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