Job summary
We are looking to recruit an experienced Medical Coder for our GP practice in Selby.
Applicants need to demonstrate a professional and friendly manner along with medical terminology knowledge for coding clinical and non-clinical letters onto patient's records.
Applicants will need to have a good attention to detail and work with a high level of accuracy. Experiencing of medical coding or summarising is essential.
Main duties of the job
Applicants will be the initial point of contact from secondary care, external organisations and new patients at the practice for clinicians, other clinical and non-clinical staff. The role will encompass sorting through documentation requiring coding, summarising new patients records, coding clinical and non-clinical letters into SystemOne, as well as processing any actions from clinical letters and other communications.
About us
We are a 4 Partner GP practice situated in a purpose-built premises in Selby providing care to over 16000 patients. We also operate two part time branch surgeries in the villages of Riccall and Carlton.
We have a dedicated team of 4 GP Partners, salaried doctors, advanced clinical practitioners, GP registars, medical students and nurses.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Matching scanned documents to patients records and tasking relevant departments when required
- Medical summarising for new patient records when required
- Read coding information into the the practice clinical system
- Reviewing medical records to produce and accurate summary of the patients medical history
- Being instrumental in maintaining high standards of data quality, identifying and resolving and issues when coding communications into the practice clinical system
- Reviewing medical letters as coded to ensure any action required is forwarded to the correct department
- High quality level of work
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment
- Proven ability to adapt to change in a constantly improving work environment
- Proven track record of accurately processing and inputting large volumes of data in an efficient timeframe
- Medical terminology knowledge
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Matching scanned documents to patients records and tasking relevant departments when required
- Medical summarising for new patient records when required
- Read coding information into the the practice clinical system
- Reviewing medical records to produce and accurate summary of the patients medical history
- Being instrumental in maintaining high standards of data quality, identifying and resolving and issues when coding communications into the practice clinical system
- Reviewing medical letters as coded to ensure any action required is forwarded to the correct department
- High quality level of work
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment
- Proven ability to adapt to change in a constantly improving work environment
- Proven track record of accurately processing and inputting large volumes of data in an efficient timeframe
- Medical terminology knowledge
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- A background in medical coding
Desirable
- Previous experience of SystemOne
- Previous GP surgery experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- A background in medical coding
Desirable
- Previous experience of SystemOne
- Previous GP surgery experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
