Trainee Clinical Coder

Job description

Job summary

Do you have some knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology?

Are you a lateral thinker / problem solver, logical and with attention to detail?

Are you educated to at least A level standard, preferably with a biology related qualification?

If so, you could be just the sort of person we are looking for to join our busy Clinical Coding Team.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is looking to appoint a trainee Clinical Coder to help us capture the clinical activity we undertake at the hospital and our community sites. This will support a variety of processes within the Trust and underpins the income of the Trust. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential. The role requires long periods of VDU use.

This is a full time position (37.5 hours) based at Hereford Hospital.

Training takes around 2 years and consists of a Clinical Coding Standards Course, specialty workshops and courses and a period of supervised coding.

Main duties of the job

• Abstract and analyse clinical information from a wide variety of sources both paper and electronic formats
• Assign diagnostic and procedural codes to episodes of care in a timely and accurate manner
• Input codes into encoding software ensuring accuracy at all times
• Convey complex coding rules to a wide variety of staff within the organisation eg clinicians, managers and information staff and with staff outside of the Trust
• Identify and retrieve missing information in order to achieve departmental and Trust targets on completeness of coding

About us

About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more detailed information about the role

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more detailed information about the role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software

Qualifications

Essential

• Must have A-level or equivalent in a Biology based subject

Experience

Essential

• A strong attention to detail, ability to work to a high standard and at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy

Experience

Essential

• A team player, flexible and able to cover annual leave or sickness

Experience

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with clinical data and systems

Person Specification
Experience

Essential

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software

Qualifications

Essential

• Must have A-level or equivalent in a Biology based subject

Experience

Essential

• A strong attention to detail, ability to work to a high standard and at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy

Experience

Essential

• A team player, flexible and able to cover annual leave or sickness

Experience

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with clinical data and systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address

Hereford County Hospital

Stonebow Road

Hereford

HR1 2ER

United Kingdom

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