Clinical coder and summariser

Rutland Lodge Medical Practice

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Job summary

We are a busy GP surgery in Leeds North East working across 4 sites and looking to recruit to our reception teams. We are looking for motivated people to work as part of a team undertaking coding, summarising and administrative duties within the practice. Previous experience in general practice would be preferred but someone with a background in a customer service environment would be considered

Main duties of the job

To ensure that all patient records are computerised as per the practice protocols.
Patient clinical admin tasks - relating to patient records including:
o Filing
o Document management
o Workflow
To code clinical information from clinical letters onto our patients medical records, as per the practice protocol.
To summarise patients records as per practice protocols.
Follow and review practice protocols to ensure consistent and high-quality care is provided to our patients.
To provide general assistance to the practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone.

About us

We aim to provide high quality services adhering to principles of best practice, promoting equal opportunities and working positively with diversity. We are committed to developing staff to maintain job satisfaction.

We are looking for a number of people who can work up to 30+ hours per week and across a range of days and sites so we are able to consider a number of candidates.

Date posted

18 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.44 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1693-24-0006

Job locations

Rutland Lodge Medical Practice

Scott Hall Road

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS7 3DR

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27 Carlton Gardens

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137 Shadwell Lane

Leeds

LS17 8AE

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Gledhow Rise

Leeds

LS8 4AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working to the practice protocol ensure sets of medical notes are sorted in date order or prioritised appropriately.

Enter all relevant clinical data on to the computer records accurately using the correct priorities.

Remove any entries that are not in line with the practice protocol.

Ensure that any patients with long-term conditions, immunisations or cervical cytology are entered in the recall system by liaising with the admin team.

Bring to the attention of the line manager and/or clinical lead any concerns/issues from medical notes that may need to be urgently addressed.

Replace degraded events and allergies with an appropriate code.

Prevent/allow viewing of a document/Consultation when either summarising/Coding/ Reviewing online access when necessary.

Identify relevant clinical information contained in patient correspondence.

Code or free text the clinical information on to the patient record.

Deal with queries relating to coding.

Send on the clinical information to the relevant clinician as appropriate.

Generate blood forms/ CXR requests. Send on task to contact patient or text patient directly.