Senior Clinical Coding AnalystinSouthallinSouthallPUBLISHED MON 27 JAN 2025
Band 5: Depending on experience Band 4 for non Qualified Coder Band 5 for Qualified Coder
PERMANENT
NHS
Opportunity to work with complex clinical information, enhancing analytical skills and medical knowledge.
Vital role in ensuring accurate coding, which is crucial for patient care and healthcare statistics.
Collaboration within a dedicated clinical coding team, fostering a supportive work environment.
Contribution to the financial and operational efficiency of the NHS through accurate coding and reporting.
Continuous learning and professional development opportunities, especially in ICD10 and OPCS4 methodologies.
Potential for career advancement within the NHS due to the specialized nature of the role.
Ability to directly impact healthcare quality by ensuring completeness and specificity in diagnostic coding.
The Senior Clinical Coding Analyst at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust in Southall is responsible for abstracting and analyzing complex clinical information, assigning appropriate codes using ICD10 and OPCS4, and entering these codes into the trust's Patient Administration System (PAS). The role involves working within a clinical coding team, focusing on coding for allocated wards, and ensuring accuracy and completeness of diagnostic coding, particularly in cases where discharge summaries are incomplete. This may include extracting relevant information from complex medical notes and histological results to ensure thorough documentation.
Opportunity to work with complex clinical information, enhancing analytical skills and medical knowledge.
Vital role in ensuring accurate coding, which is crucial for patient care and healthcare statistics.
Collaboration within a dedicated clinical coding team, fostering a supportive work environment.
Contribution to the financial and operational efficiency of the NHS through accurate coding and reporting.
Continuous learning and professional development opportunities, especially in ICD10 and OPCS4 methodologies.
Potential for career advancement within the NHS due to the specialized nature of the role.
Ability to directly impact healthcare quality by ensuring completeness and specificity in diagnostic coding.
To abstract and analyse complex clinical information and to assign codes using ICD10 and OPCS4 and enter these codes on to the trust's system.
To abstract and analyse complex clinical information and to assign codes using ICD10 and OPCS4 and enter these codes on to the trust's PAS system.
Work as a member of the clinical coding team with responsibility for the coding of allocated wards
Where a discharge summary is incomplete the coder will be responsible for extracting co-morbidities and other relevant supplementary information from handwritten, complex medical notes including retrieving histological results to ensure specificity and completeness of diagnostic coding
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