Company Overview
Our Trust provides mental health, learning disability and community health services for a population of more than one million people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We are proud of our 7,800 staff and together we aim to live our Trust values of compassion, respect, integrity and trust.
Job Summary
We are looking forenthusiastic and motivated Accredited Clinical Codersto join our established professional and progressive Clinical Coding Assurance Team. Competent in accurately coding multiple specialties. As well as understanding the need for high quality coded data to support healthcare planning, reimbursement, management of services, statistical analysis, and research. The trust is looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills. The role will require you to work to strict deadlines, whilst still paying attention to detail and always maintaining a high level of accuracy. And is interested in assuring the Trust wide Clinical coding SNOMED implementation and quality improvements within the clinical coding team If so, we are offering a unique opportunity to be involved at the intersection of health informatics and digital transformation within the Trust. You will be part of the clinical coding assurance team, liaising within the directorates, clinical service leads to provide the trust with accurate clinical information. There will be some collaboration with our sister Trust NHFT. Candidates ideally should hold the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ), although experienced coders without may be considered. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of our staff, including commitment to offer flexible working, remote working will also be considered for this post.
Main duties of the job
Its important that all staff are aware and proactively work within the leadership framework, with compassionate leadership at the forefront of everything we do. Our staff are offered a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development goals. As a Senior Clinical Coder, you will be responsible for extracting clinical information from the patients electronic medical record, then translating this medical terminology into a series of codes using international and national classifications. Ensuring departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and targets are consistently achieved To work autonomously without direct supervision To be proactive, flexible, and supportive towards an electronic way of working as the Trust develops its electronic patient record To be self-sufficient in resolving complex clinical coding queries and issues
About Us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
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