Specialist Accredited Clinical Coder

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Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Coder to join our Clinical Coding Service at Whittington Health. Whittington Health is an Integrated Care Organisation providing a wide range of Acute, Community, Mental Health and Dental Services across North Central London. You will be responsible for coding clinical data as well as supervising some of the less experienced staff whilst working with the Clinical Coding Manager to ensure the Clinical Coding Team's responsibilities are met.

The post holder will be part of a team responsible for providing coding service across income generating services.

The post holder will hold an ACC qualification with an excellent knowledge of ICD10 and OPCS 4 classification systems. They will have clinical coding skills and an ability to extract clinical coding data from a variety of sources including medical notes and trust systems.

Main duties of the job

• To lead and be responsible for the coding function within the assigned clinical units/ specialties.
• To assist the Clinical Coding Manager to develop, maintain and manage a skilled efficient coding team in order to provide high quality clinical coding service within the Trust.
• To achieve accurate, timely, and consistent clinical coding within set standards and targets.
• To be responsible for monitoring and checking quality of coded data within the assigned clinical units / specialties.
• To attend various meetings and deliver presentations on clinical coding when required.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find a document attached with the combined job description that highlights the main responsibilities as well as the person specification.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) qualification
• Degree level or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Approved Clinical Coding Auditor
• Approved Clinical Coding Trainer

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Computer skills including Word, Excel and Outlook Knowledge of computer use and electronic patient record systems
• Excellent command of English for all personal, written and electronic forms of communication
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written, and verbal
• Proven ability to liaise with multidisciplinary teams at all levels of NHS Acute Trusts structure
• Experience of decision-making by own initiative and liaison with colleagues

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working as an accredited clinical coder
• In depth knowledge of national and international clinical coding rules, conventions, and standard
• Excellent knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology
• Good knowledge and use of information / informatics systems

Desirable criteria

• Proven clinical coding experience in all specialties
• Experience of working in NHS

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Reliable with good proven work record
• Ability to inspire and enthuse others
• Interest in personal and professional development
• Well motivated
• Team Player as well as diplomatic

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form -

1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes -

1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information -

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Specialist Accredited Clinical Coder_JDPS (PDF, 216.4KB)
• Whittington Probationary Policy (PDF, 298.0KB)
• Whittington Employment Promise (PDF, 22.4KB)