Trainee Clinical Coder

Job summary

We are seeking a dedicated Clinical Coding Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will:

Translate Medical Information: Accurately convert medical terminology, diagnoses, and procedures into clinical coded data using national and international classifications, adhering to Clinical Coding Standards, rules, and conventions within Trust deadlines.

Review and Update Clinical Codes: Examine a variety of reports and correspondence related to inpatients, updating or amending clinical codes as necessary based on completed source documents.

Ensure Coding Consistency: Collaborate closely with all members of the coding team to maintain uniform coding standards across the Trust.

Utilise Standard Classifications: Apply the ICD 10 (5th edition) and OPCS 4.10 classifications with a high standard of proficiency and timeliness.

Monitor Un-Coded Episodes: Oversee the status of un-coded episodes on the Trust's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, ensuring that all team members are aware of these episodes and the target completion dates.

Commit to Continuous Learning: Engage in lifelong learning and be adaptable to changes in the field.

Pursue Professional Qualifications: Work towards obtaining the NCCQ ACC qualification.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are;

The provision of an efficient and high quality clinical coding service and meeting Trust deadlines associated with Clinical Coding

Working as part of a team, contributing to the development of the team, and engaging with clinicians to promote Clinical Coding across the Trust

Learning Clinical Coding Standards and Anatomy and Physiology

Study for the NCCQ Clinical Coding ACC qualification and examination

Royal Papworth offers excellent training support and potential for career progression

Full time post

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingfisher House

Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park

Huntingdon

Cambridge

PE29 6FH

Employer's website

https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingfisher House

Kingfisher Way, Hinchingbrooke Business Park

Huntingdon

Cambridge

PE29 6FH

Employer's website

https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)

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