Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
1. Provide specialist spinal services at our world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics.
2. Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services.
3. Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services.
4. Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family-friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work - and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated, Accredited, enthusiastic Clinical Coder to join our well-established Clinical Coding Team. You will have passed the National Clinical Coding Qualification and hold Accredited Clinical Coder status. You will need to demonstrate a high level of Clinical Coding skills across a range of specialties with the ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail whilst working under pressure to meet required deadlines.
As a Senior Clinical Coder, you will be expected to look at complex information and ensure accurate code assignment whilst maintaining national clinical coding standards. The information is essential to the National Tariff payment system that underpins Trust income. You will be required to liaise with Clinicians, service leads and other key Trust members to ensure accurate clinical information. You will assign clinical codes using ICD-10 and OPCS 4 Classifications ensuring adherence to National Standards and conventions; you must be able to prioritise your workload to meet the needs of the department and the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The majority of the Clinical Coding Team are home-based, only attending site if they choose to work on site. There may be the odd requirement to attend site for a meeting, but this is not likely to happen often. The Team connects with each other via MS Teams, email, and phone. Clinicians are contacted in the same way.
Since working from home, the Clinical Coding department has put many things into place to ensure that the Team can still communicate with each other as they would on site. It's extremely important to the Team to have one another for support to discuss complex coding queries and any other issues that could impact on the quality of coding if not discussed. Regular Team meetings, MS Teams Chats, and virtual meetings are just a few of the ways the Team remains connected to each other. The Trust is extremely supportive of the Wellbeing of all their Staff and there is a Trust-wide Wellbeing Team to offer support to all staff as and when necessary.
If you are able to work as an individual using your own initiative to plan your day, but equally want to be part of a supportive and well-connected team and have the required Accredited Clinical Coder Status then this could be the role for you.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* Must have passed external National Clinical Coding Qualification to be an Accredited Clinical Coder.
* Completion of basic Clinical Coding Standards / Foundation Course.
* Educated to GCSE or equivalent to include English and Maths.
* Evidence of CPD and attendance at Clinical Coding Refresher courses.
* Sound basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology and the disease process.
Desirable criteria
* Completed AMSPAR Medical Terminology Course or evidence of a good understanding of medical terminology.
* Completion of ECDL or evidence of knowledge of IT, NHS PAS and Microsoft software products.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Sound clinical coding experience within the NHS across a range of specialties.
* Sound experience of use of clinical coding standards and conventions in both ICD-10 and OPCS-4.
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Well organised, methodical worker, able to organise and plan work daily and to reprioritise as required.
* Ability to identify and resource all available information to analyse and extract relevant information for clinical coding of the highest standard.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to communicate at all levels, willing to share knowledge and mentor other Team members.
Desirable criteria
* Willingness to embrace and champion change and modernisation.
PPE requirements:
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations
Remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline:
This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you:
We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information:
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting:
The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses:
It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking:
All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
* Senior Clinical Coder JD (PDF, 201.6KB)
* Senior Clinical Coder PS (PDF, 322.8KB)
* Functional Requirements (PDF, 192.6KB)
* Welcome to Buckinghamshire NHS Trust (PDF, 430.1KB)
* Living in Buckinghamshire (PDF, 2.0MB)
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