Trainee Clinical Coding Officer
On site
Slough, United Kingdom
Full Time
17-03-2025
Job Specifications
Job Overview
We are excited to advertise the post of Trainee Clinical Coding Officer at Frimley Health. This much sort after role offers the right candidate:
the opportunity to enter a career with lots of potential for progression and development
a proven track record of support and structure that will assist you to thrive in your new career.
a friendly and supportive team environment
Main duties of the job
Ensure that your clinical coding skills are developed to ensure a high quality clinically coded record is produced at all times. This will be done through completion and engagement with a programme of ongoing clinical coding training programme encompassing use of ICD10 & OPCS Classifications and the national standards that define their use. Attendance and completion of the clinical coding standards course is a mandatory requirement of the post holder.
Demonstrate significant and/or improving knowledge of anatomy and physiology as part of ongoing training and development.
Demonstrate improving competency and compliance with clinical coding standards through a series of audits and checks; competency levels are set using DSP toolkit quality assurance levels. A year end competency review should see the post holder attain the relevant competency standards to ensure progression to the post of Band 4 Clinical Coding Analyst.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Compliance with clinical coding national standards and local policies are an integral part of the role and the post holder must ensure that their personal coding reference materials are routinely updated to reflect changing coding practices.
Work towards attainment of Accredited Clinical Coder status through ongoing training and appraisal, maintaining a log of personal development.
Time management of given workload to ensure that clinical coding departmental targets are met. This involves the extraction of relevant clinical information from the relevant electronic patient record, followed accurate translation to a clinically coded format and its subsequent data input onto the patient administration system in a timely manner, meeting assigned input targets.
Identification of clinical coding issues not covered by national standards or local policies and the compliance with coding query mechanisms which govern this process.
Liaison with Clinical staff of all levels to ensure any inconsistency with clinical documentation and clinical coding standards are resolved.
Investigation of missing information relating to the quality of the clinically coded data.
The post holder will have strong problem solving abilities and be able to work on their own initiative without constant supervision
Provide data quality assurance on key patient demographics such as missing or incorrect data fields i.e. incorrect consultant or transfer, through routine audit of notes conducted as part of daily coding duties.
Work with the clinical coding team members to deal with enquiries from members of the wider Trust, providing good customer service to our colleagues
Please note: This post is not suitable for home-based working. You will need to be able to work on site at Wexham Park Hospital or Frimley Park (Archipelago House) during standard office hours.
Person specification
Knowledge or experience
Essential criteria
analyse and interpret complex medical terminology/documentation using sound evidence based judgements
knowledge of anatomy & physiology, medical terminology
Experience of coding across a wide range of specialties
good understanding of the clinical coding profession and its place in the NHS
Good customer service skills
Desirable criteria
Coding Experience within an Acute Trust
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Educated to a minimum of AS/NVQ level 3 standard with a GCSE (equivalent or higher) including Biology
Good command of written and spoken English
Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office packages
Desirable criteria
BSc/Foundation degree in a related science subject
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience in NHS setting
Desirable criteria
Understanding of clinical coding role in NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
Able to analyse and interpret complex medical terminology/documentation using sound evidence based judgements
Good customer service skills
Proven ability to juggle priorities and be flexible with conflicting demands
Desirable criteria
Experience in using NHS Patient Administration Systems
Knowledge of the role of clinical coding and its place within the NHS
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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About the Company
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As well as a performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. The Trust’s vision is to lead in delivering exceptional health and well being services to our communities. Turning our vision into reality, we are continuing to make significant invest in our infrastructure and facilities, striving for excellence and empowering our people to deliver excellence. Providing a supportive,... Know more
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