The Clinical Coding team at West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, is recruiting a trainee on a 36-month fixed-term contract. The role turns diagnoses and procedures from health records into ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, entered on the Patient Administration System to national coding standards. It is a training post: the holder works towards the National Coding Qualification over two to three years and moves up to Band 4 on achieving it. Applicants need GCSEs in English, maths and biology, and IT skills.
What the job involves
- Extract diagnoses and procedures accurately from health records
- Translate diagnoses and procedures into ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes
- Input codes onto the Patient Administration System using encoding software
- Follow the National Clinical Coding Standards
- Produce data that can be tabulated, aggregated and sorted for statistical analysis
- Attend the National Clinical Coding Standards Training Course, which may be residential
- Complete a 2-3 year programme of study to achieve the National Coding Qualification
What’s required
Qualifications
- GCSE English, maths and biology, including human anatomy and physiology or equivalent
- Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
Experience
- Computer and Microsoft Office experience
- Working with confidential information
- Working in an office environment
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of equality issues
- Continuing professional development with a portfolio
- Working effectively as part of a small team
- Effective communication skills
- Prioritising work to meet deadlines
- Using initiative appropriately
Checks & eligibility
- DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975
- Eligibility to be employed under current UK immigration rules
Other
- Ability to attend external courses
- Adherence to the Trust's Study Leave Policy
- Personal study programme to achieve the qualification
Nice to have
- NHS Digital Coding Foundation Certificate
- IHRIM ACC QualificationExperience working within the NHS
- Medical records or clinical coding experience
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Abstraction skills
- Clerical or administrative skills
What’s offered
- 27-day holiday rising to 33 after 10 years
- Flexible working scheme
- NHS discounts (subject to eligibility)
- Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work (subject to eligibility)
- Excellent development opportunities (subject to eligibility)
- Competitive NHS Pension scheme
- Free, confidential Vivup counselling and information service
- Relocation assistance may be available for certain posts
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