Clinical Coder in Rochdale

Clinical Coder, based at the Kirkholt Medical Practice.

33.5 hours per week // NHS Pension // 35 days annual leave pro rata. This is a fixed term position for the duration of 12 months.

Do you want to have a job that makes a difference and helps people? Are you organised, a little bit nerdy (in the best way) and keen to use your skills to help our doctors, nurses, and other healthcare staff to provide an outstanding service? Then you might fit in very well in our coding team.

Main duties of the job

Access the EmisWeb clinical system. Code the incoming documents/lettersand attach them to the patient record. Read through the documents/letters, codethe appropriate entries into clinical system. Triage these and determinewhether they should be forwarded to the GP/ other healthcare professional forthem to view/action

About us

Hope Citadel is a primary care provider with a heart for deprived communities. We run 11 doctors practices across Greater Manchester and employ over 250 staff. We were started 16 years ago by a passionate group of people looking to reverse the inverse care law by providing quality healthcare in areas of deprivation. This still underpins why we do what we do to make the invisible, visible. Our staff are driven by social justice, by compassion, and by a drive to see real change in the communities they live and work in.

Primary care is not an easy space to work in, and that is exacerbated in areas of deprivation. In order to provide the best service to patients, it is vital that our culture and our processes are aligned. We prioritise maintaining high healthcare outcomes, but know that in order to do this, we need to be an employer of choice and look after our staff well. We do this by making commitments such as being a Real Living Wage employer, running mentoring and learning and development opportunities, and finding space to socialise and have fun together.

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

The role of Clinical Coder will be to triage all incoming clinicaldocuments and letters, adding the appropriate codes to the patients record inthe clinical system, and then determining whether they should be forwarded tothe GP or another member of the Practice team to action.

The post holder will play a significant and important role in reducingthe administrative workload for GPs.

The job description and person specification are an outline of thetasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder willcarry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.

• - Downloading of electronic documents into the patients records in theclinical system
• - Accurately coding the abovementioned documents, including diagnostictest results, follow up, etc.
• - Undertaking triage to determine which documents need to be passed to aGP or other healthcare professional where their input is required
• - Send tasks, as appropriate, to GPs and other healthcare professionalsvia the clinical system
• - For paper documents which have been scanned, access these via thetasks that have been sent to the GP Assistant. Undertake the coding andtriaging as outlined above for electronic documents
• - Liaise and communicate, as appropriate, with other colleagues in thePractice, for example Secretaries, administrative staff by way of tasks sentfrom the clinical system
• - Monitor the number of outstanding electronic documents and tasks,ensuring that these are actioned in a timely manner. Liaise with the LineManager if there are any capacity issues in dealing with these so that support,as required, can be provided
• - Aim to clear all electronic documents and tasks within one working day
• - Participate in monthly audits
• - Partake in practice meetings
• - Liaise with outside organisations, such as hospitals/NHS111/Out ofHours provider, as

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Experience of working in a GP Practice

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.