Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for an experienced Clinical Coder to join an NHS Trust on a remote basis. This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Duties:

• The post holder is responsible for extracting, collating and coding clinical information, often highly complex in nature, relating to the diagnoses and operations for admitted care patients. This requires the application of all complex and routine coding rules and conventions pertaining to ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases) and OPCS4 (Classification of Interventions & Procedures), incorporating published national standards
• Individual accreditation and a commitment to ongoing professional development required from this role provide the Trust with confidence in the data quality of clinically coded information. A significant part of this role will be to ensure the quality and coverage of your own and colleagues' clinical coding meets the Trust and industry regulated standards and positively enhances reputation at local and national level
• The post holder is expected to apply local and externally acquired knowledge of how clinical coding directly effects areas such income generation, clinical decision making, Information Governance, nationally reported clinical performance indicators and mortality statistics, directing and assisting others in good day to day practice and achievement of Key Performance Indicators
• In order to expand individual knowledge and provide a more robust service to the Trust, job rotation occurs periodically so you will be expected to increase your in-depth knowledge in different specialties from time to time. This may involve re-training

Requirements:

• ACC Qualified
• Previous NHS experience
• Conversant with Patient Administration Systems

If you are an experienced Clinical Coder looking for a new challenge, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible.