Coder/Summarizer

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a Medical Coder/Summarizer to join our busy GP Practice working within our Operations Team and taking responsibility for the coding relevant information into our patients' healthcare records using the TPP System One clinical system.

We provide services to over 12,500 patients in Saltdean and the surrounding areas .

Key responsibilities include:

• Accurately read-coding data onto patient records
• Identifying clinical information, coding appropriately and completing detailed actions
• Scanning of patient documentation and attaching scanned documents to patients' healthcare records
• Amending and / or making additions to medical records to ensure that correct and complete information is each patients' electronic record
• Additional ad hoc tasks within the team as required

Previous experience in a medical setting using TPP System One is essential, along with these skills:

• Accurate with excellent attention to detail
• Organised and able to prioritise a busy and changing workload
• Experience of administrative work
• Flexible with a positive, can-do attitude
• Discrete and able to maintain confidentiality
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously

Pay is dependent on skills and experience and will include membership of the NHS Pension Scheme and four weeks paid holiday plus Bank Holidays.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in a medical setting as a Medical Coder would be preferred, along with these skills:
• Experience of administrative work
• Excellent attention to detail
• Organised and able to prioritise a busy and changing workload, working to tight deadlines
• Flexible with a positive, can-do attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience of Medical Coding

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Saltdean & Rottingdean Medical Practice

Address

Grand Ocean, Longridge Avenue

Saltdean

Brighton

East Sussex

BN2 8BU

Employer's website

https://www.saltdeanrottingdeansurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)