Job summary
CLINICAL CODING SPECIALIST/MENTOR
Are you an experienced ACC Clinical Coder looking for an exciting development and progression opportunity? Find out more below!
We are looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic specialist Clinical Coders to join our Trust; Your role will have responsibilities to ensure all coding is completed timely and accurately for SUS deadlines and support Payment by Results with the assistance of all colleagues.
The post holder will be responsible for coding some complex specialities. They will work as part of the central coding team alongside other coders and additionally with other specialist coders as part of a more expert team sharing knowledge and providing assistance to trainee members of the team.
The post holder will act as a "mentor" and first port of call for any coding queries. Together with the Management team, they will take the lead in meetings with clinicians and other Trust staff to review and discuss coding.
Applicants will be expected to work across any of the locations under MWL, including Southport.
Hybrid and flexible working available.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To work closely with the Coding Manager, Mentors, Auditors, and other Clinical Coding Specialists to support the improvement in clinical documentation and accurate clinically coded data. To advise on data recording practises to ensure clinical coding accurately reflects inpatient care delivered. Undertake internal clinical coding validation audits highlighting training and data quality issues to the Clinical Coding Manager.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To operate on own initiative referring more complex cases to the Clinical Coding Divisional Leads for advice
- To act in the capacity of coding expert and provides advice to junior team members on coding queries ensuring adherence to national clinical guidelines.
- Responsible for undertaking the appraisal process for Senior Clinical Coding staff in line with Trust policy.
- Assign codes from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) and the Office of Populations and Censuses and Surveys (OPCS4)
- Responsible for the accurate entry of clinical coding against inpatient activity for the specialty/division
- Use a variety of knowledge resources to translate procedures where the coding process does not fully apply
- Responsible for summary reports for coding reviews undertaken
- Participate in Departmental meetings and present the results of relevant reviews
- Demonstrate good presentation skills to colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team and Clinicians
- Assist the Clinical Coding Divisional Leads to coordinate engagement between Coders, Clinicians and Divisional Managers
- Responsible for planning own workload to ensure that the objectives of the whole team are achieved.
- Maintain a professional standard of behaviour with all Trust staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- To operate on own initiative referring more complex cases to the Clinical Coding Divisional Leads for advice
- To act in the capacity of coding expert and provides advice to junior team members on coding queries ensuring adherence to national clinical guidelines.
- Responsible for undertaking the appraisal process for Senior Clinical Coding staff in line with Trust policy.
- Assign codes from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) and the Office of Populations and Censuses and Surveys (OPCS4)
- Responsible for the accurate entry of clinical coding against inpatient activity for the specialty/division
- Use a variety of knowledge resources to translate procedures where the coding process does not fully apply
- Responsible for summary reports for coding reviews undertaken
- Participate in Departmental meetings and present the results of relevant reviews
- Demonstrate good presentation skills to colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team and Clinicians
- Assist the Clinical Coding Divisional Leads to coordinate engagement between Coders, Clinicians and Divisional Managers
- Responsible for planning own workload to ensure that the objectives of the whole team are achieved.
- Maintain a professional standard of behaviour with all Trust staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSEs (A-C) or equivalent
- ACC Status
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent
- AMSPAR Medical terminology
Knowledge
Essential
- Mentoring junior staff.
- Experience of coding a wide variety of specialities
Desirable
- At least 2 years' experience as a Senior Clinical Coder
- Supervision/Appraisal of junior staff
- Experience of liaising with Clinicians, Directorate Managers and Senior nursing staff
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Planning, organising workload to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- In depth understanding of medical terminology
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
Desirable
- Ability to travel to various hospital locations by own car/assisted driver
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSEs (A-C) or equivalent
- ACC Status
Desirable
- Degree or equivalent
- AMSPAR Medical terminology
Knowledge
Essential
- Mentoring junior staff.
- Experience of coding a wide variety of specialities
Desirable
- At least 2 years' experience as a Senior Clinical Coder
- Supervision/Appraisal of junior staff
- Experience of liaising with Clinicians, Directorate Managers and Senior nursing staff
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Planning, organising workload to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- In depth understanding of medical terminology
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
Desirable
- Ability to travel to various hospital locations by own car/assisted driver
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
