Trainee Clinical Coder

Job summary

Are you ready to embark on an exciting and rewarding career in healthcare?

We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our Clinical Coding Department as a Trainee Clinical Coder .

This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to learn, develop, and make a meaningful contribution to patient care and healthcare data management.

As a Trainee Clinical Coder, you'll undergo comprehensive training to develop the skills needed to accurately assign clinical codes using internationally recognized systems such as ICD-10 and OPCS-4 in the form of the Clinical Coding Standards Course (CCSC). Following your training, you'll be supported by experienced Clinical Coders who will guide and mentor you as you refine your expertise and build confidence in your role. The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, a passion for learning, and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.

If you're excited about starting a career in clinical coding and contributing to the accuracy and integrity of healthcare data, we'd love to welcome you to our team!

Main duties of the job

Duties and Responsibilities

• The clinical coding team is a busy unit that must consistently deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines. The team's performance directly affects the Trust's revenue recovery and service planning.
• Accurately extract and evaluate all pertinent information regarding a patient's hospital care episode.
• This involves identifying and interpreting complex clinical data, including primary diagnoses, procedures, co-morbidities, and systemic conditions, from paper and electronic records.
• Translate clinical information into ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, which are used to create Health Related Groupings (HRGs) under the National Tariff Payment System (NTPS) that in turn determines the Trust's funding from Integrated Care Boards (ICB).
• Coding of clinical data into the Trust's information systems in line with NTPS submission deadlines and local and national coding accuracy standards.
• Attend training sessions and participate in regular coding audits.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.