Employer: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Colchester / Ipswich
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2,000 pro rata (conditions apply)
We are seeking to recruit skilled, dedicated, committed and accomplished Accredited Clinical Coders to join our established Clinical Coding Team at the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust (ESNEFT).
We are looking for candidates with clinical coding experience across all specialties in an acute setting and with desire to further their career.
The department has an established internal Clinical Coding Audit Program and offers comprehensive training for all coders with help developing existing skills and learning new ones.
You will require excellent communication skills, organisation skills and to be able to work as part of a team to deliver timely and accurate coded data to meet the Trust's deadlines.
Full Home Working is available and can be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job
* To abstract and analyse complex clinical information from patient records and translate this into a coded format in line with National Standards.
* To enter the final encoded data onto the appropriate computer systems to meet essential Trust requirements for statutory information and payment flows.
* You will work as part of a team of experienced trained and trainee staff and the job will involve rotation between duties working on all specialties.
* Deal with enquiries from all parts of the hospital.
* Locate source documents; read histology, cytology and radiology reports.
* Analyse complex medical information from paper documents and via other computer systems.
* Ensure that patient records are processed in the correct manner and tracked to appropriate destinations using the computer tracking system.
* Act as mentor and assist in the education of less experienced coders.
* To be aware of wider information and patient administration service systems.
* To ensure that computer and paper records are passed for remedial action or processed in the correct manner.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 5 GCSE’s including English & Maths or equivalent level of attainment.
* Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC).
* GCSE Human Sciences or equivalent level of attainment.
* ECDL.
Experience
* Substantial Clinical Coding expertise across all specialties and levels of complexity.
* Medical Terminology; Anatomy and Physiology.
* PAS or equivalent system.
* Good experience of Microsoft Office.
* Two years experience.
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to analyse and abstract complex records.
* Keyboard skills and data entry.
* Ability to communicate with staff at all levels.
* Ability to research and self teach.
Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.
Please make sure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
Successful candidates may be charged for their DBS check. Please ensure you read the information found in the attached DBS Information document.
The Trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.
In submitting an application form, you authorise East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
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