Specialist Clinical Coder

Job overview

Barts Health is the largest trust in the NHS and one of the leading healthcare providers in the country. The trust’s six hospitals deliver high quality compassionate care to the 2.5 million people of east London and beyond. Barts Health NHS Trust: Barts Health’s vision is to become a healthcare organisation that offers urgent specialist and community services tailored to meet the needs of local communities. We are committed to recruiting staff that will help us meet our Vision for Changing Lives and demonstrate behaviours we believe make Barts Health a great place for patients, their families, and friends, the public and staff. Our Barts Health Values which align with our behaviours are:

• Caring & compassionate with patients, each other, and our partners •    Actively listening, understanding, and responding to patients, staff, and our partners •    Relentlessly improving and innovating for patient safety •    Achieving ambitious results by working together •    Valuing every member of staff and their contribution to the care of our patients

Main duties of the job

The post involves some interaction and collaboration with clinicians in all specialties, ensuring that procedures and diagnosis are correct and agree with national standards.

This role requires an organised approach to the workload and the ability to work in a very busy environment where a high degree of accuracy with attention to detail and experience of working to tight deadlines is paramount.

There is the facility to work from home for a period of time, via remote access.

The roles are to be based across all Barts Health Hospital sites: The Royal London; Whipps Cross, Newham and St Barts Hospitals, however, you will be located at one main base. All post-holders will be expected to travel between sites when required.

Successful applicants that hold the ACC qualification can expect a ‘10%’ uplift in addition to their Band 5 salary.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Barts Health NHS Trust has a safeguarding policy for both adults and children and is committed to all Safeguarding legislation and current standards. Every member of trust staff has a responsibility to safeguard and protect children and adults.

Following a detailed review of the Trust’s Clinical Coding Service, an exciting opportunity has arisen within the department for full time, ACC qualified, Senior Clinical Coders, with enthusiasm and motivation to join our extremely busy Clinical Coding Department. The post holder will have responsibility for the clinical coding of all acute specialties, by abstracting clinical data from the patients records and translating it into diagnostic (ICD10) and procedure (OPCS) coding classifications.

With a flexible approach to work, the post-holder will work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines. A good knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology is essential as is a good standard of education.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

For further details / informal visits contacts:

Name

Steven Jobling

Email address

[email protected]

Name

Martha Sinclair

Email address

[email protected]