Clinical Coder
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London, UK
posted 1 month ago
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Job description
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder
- Educated to A Level qualifications in sciences e.g. Biology or equivalent knowledge acquired through work based training
Desirable criteria
- AMSPAR Certificate in Medical Terminology
- MOST qualifications, MS Excell
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to code all specialties
- Communicate complex coding rules to clinical and non-clinical staff and external agencies
- Experience of working as a clinical coder in the NHS
- Use of hospital administrative and clinical systems
- Demonstrate an understanding of clinical coding and its uses
- Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomical and physiological terms
- Attendance at Clinical Coding refresher workshops
Key Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Analytical & judgemental skills
- Ability to abstract relevant clinical information for coding
- Ability to communicate complex information to clinical and administrative staff
- Planning and organisational skills
- Standard keyboard skills
- Eye for detail
- Operate on own initiative
- Undertake background research to achieve accurate coding
- Mentoring skills
- Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time
Employer certification / accreditation badges
- Job type
- Full-Time
- Industry
- Other
- Job Sector
- Other
- Job Position
- Other
- City/Town
- Huntingdon
- Address
- Huntingdon, UK
- Location
- Peterborough
- Post date
- Closing date
- Reference Number
- 1.0133818204813E+19
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