Accredited Clinical Coder
Department: Clinical Coding
Band: 5 £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata if part-time
10% recruitment & retention premium applies to Clinical Coder posts
Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
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Are you a qualified and experienced Accredited Clinical Coder keen to contribute your expertise? We are seeking a dedicated professional to assist in delivering our Clinical Coding Service.
What we are looking for:
• National Clinical Coding Qualification and UK coding experience across a variety of specialties.
• Proficiency in applying coding classifications, rules, and standards.
• Strong ability to work independently, maintain accuracy, and meet reporting deadlines.
• A team player ready to mentor junior colleagues and tackle more complex cases.
Why join us? Amongst other things:
• Access to in-house training to maintain professional development.
• A varied role offering opportunities and responsibilities.
• Flexible working arrangements including home or hybrid working.
Interested in clinical coding but not yet accredited? We may consider candidates for a Band 3 trainee position. Trainees will receive full support and office-based training to achieve accreditation.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Interview date: 28th January 2025 (Face to Face)
As a coding professional with NHS coding experience, you will be expected to demonstrate competence in the use of the classifications and the application of coding rules and standards. You will be managing your own workload, ensuring ongoing accuracy, and meeting deadlines. You will also support Team Leads by mentoring junior colleagues when required and assisting with more complex and challenging coding.
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You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
• Free on-site parking
• Free tea and coffee
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme
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The post holder is responsible for extracting, collating and coding clinical information, often highly complex in nature, relating to the diagnoses and operations for admitted care patients. This requires the application of all complex and routine coding rules and conventions pertaining to ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases) and OPCS4 (Classification of Interventions & Procedures), incorporating published national standards.
Individual accreditation and a commitment to ongoing professional development required from this role provide the Trust with confidence in the data quality of clinically coded information. A significant part of this role will be to ensure the quality and coverage of your own and colleagues’ clinical coding meets the Trust and industry regulated standards and positively enhances reputation at local and national level
The post holder is expected to apply local and externally acquired knowledge of how clinical coding directly effects areas such income generation, clinical decision making, Information Governance, nationally reported clinical performance indicators and mortality statistics, directing and assisting others in good day to day practice and achievement of Key Performance Indicators
In order to expand individual knowledge and provide a more robust service to the Trust, job rotation occurs periodically so you will be expected to increase your in-depth knowledge in different specialties from time to time. This may involve re-training.
Please refer to the attached Job description for more details.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Jan 2025