Trainee Clinical Coder

Job overview

We are currently recruiting 3 full-time  Trainee Clinical Coders to join our busy Clinical Coding department at the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Trainee Clinical Coders will commence on a band 3 and must be prepared to commit to the training and development required to become a qualified Clinical Coder. Upon completion of an in-house rotation across all specialities and attainment of either the NCCQ (National Clinical Coding Qualification) or Equivalent internal assessment they will then go onto the bottom spine point of a band 4. Successful applicants will undertake their training at either the Royal Gwent Hospital or Nevill Hall Hospital, after completion of training, the applicant will be expected to work at any location within the Health Board. The successful applicant will join our large clinical coding team and will be responsible for accurately assigning clinical codes to reflect patients’ diagnosis and operative and intervention procedures using an international coding classification.

If you feel you could make a contribution to the clinical coding department and would like to benefit from the development opportunities that exist, we would like to hear from you.

There is an element of home working once working independently, if desired.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Coding is a complex role of abstracting and analysing complex clinical information from a patient’s health record, including electronic discharge summaries, nursing notes and diagnostic tests including imaging, in order to assign classification codes. The post holder will be responsible for accurately assigning clinical codes from ICD-10 and OPCS-4 to reflect patients’ diagnoses, operative and intervention procedures. Clinical Coding provides vital information to support improvements in patient care, supporting clinical purpose such as clinical audit, clinical governance, outcome measurements, treatment outcomes and statistical purposes to support research, aetiology studies, health trends, epidemiology studies, clinical indicators and casemix planning. The importance of accurate data is widely recognised across the NHS. Clinically coded data derived from the coding service plays and integral part in the management of hospitals and services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.