Job description
Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification Strategic Direction
• Support the development and promotion of the Trust's mission, values, aims and objectives.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communication across the Division, the wider Trust, and with external stakeholders including clinicians, patients, insurers and embassies.
Operational Performance Management
• Ensure all Private Care activity is coded, mapped and validated accurately in accordance with CCSD schedules, coding standards, insurer requirements and sponsor contracts.
• Extract clinical information from a range of sources including operation notes, endoscopy reports, interventional radiology reports, histopathology results and consultant guidance.
Financial and Resource Management
• Support the accurate charging of Private Care procedures, diagnostics and consumables through robust coding and data quality processes.
• Work closely with Commercial Finance and billing teams to ensure invoices are raised accurately and within agreed timescales.
Personal
Maintain professional knowledge and expertise in medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, CCSD coding standards and developments affecting Private Care services.
• Undertake training and continuing professional development to maintain and enhance coding knowledge and skills.
Person specificationEducation/Qualifications Essential criteria - Academic achievements to 'A' level or equivalent
- Clinical Coding Standards Course
- Degree and/or an appropriate professional qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria - Track record of continuous professional and management development
Experience Essential criteria - Experience reviewing complex clinical information, resolving coding queries and identifying documentation gaps that affect coding accuracy.
- Experience in clinical coding across ICD10, OPCS & CCSD classifications with the ability to analyse and translate patient record information in accordance with the rules and conventions of clinical coding.
- Awareness of data quality issues in healthcare settings
- Experience of working in private healthcare coding, liaising with insurance companies
Desirable criteria - Experience using validation, audit or reporting outputs to identify trends, themes and improvement opportunities.
Knowledge Essential criteria - Keyboard skills and computer literacy (including knowledge of MS office packages)
- Knowledge of and competence in the use of spreadsheets, including ability to manipulate data. Proficiency in MS Excel, e.g. skilled in using pivot tables and lookups level required
- Expert knowledge of medical terminology anatomical and physiological terms acquired through work-based training
Desirable criteria - Knowledge in interpreting complex oncology surgical procedures with application of coding rules and conventions as specified in the ICD10, OPCS & CCSD manuals
Skills Abilities Essential criteria - Excellent attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with colleagues and multidisciplinary team members
- Able to work independently, self-motivate, and use own initiative to plan, prioritise and organise workload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to sensitively and professionally communicate complex information.
- Proven ability to work to strict deadlines
- Commitment to self-development with ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of key policies and themes in healthcare provision in the UK
- Ability to work effectively within a team and to manage and motivate others.
- Strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to problems.
- Be flexible in responding to the demands of the service
Desirable criteria - Interest in continuous improvement, digital transformation or clinical documentation improvement within clinical coding.
Other Requirements Essential criteria - Commitment to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery and development
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application
All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.
Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our StaffAt The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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