Senior Clinical Coder

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Accredited Clinical Coder (Band
5) to join the Hampshire Hospitals Clinical Coding Team.

We are seeking a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual who is competent in accurately coding across multiple complex specialties and who understands the importance of high-quality coded data in supporting healthcare planning, reimbursement, service management, statistical analysis, and research.

As a Senior Clinical Coder, you will:

• Code a diverse case mix, from high-volume day cases to highly specialised activity, ensuring accuracy and timelines
• Maintain high levels of accuracy whilst meeting coding deadlines and productivity targets.
• Work collaboratively with clinicians and colleagues to resolve coding queries and support data quality improvements.
• Mentor and support less experienced coders, strengthening team capability.

Clinical Coding is a unique department within NHS Hospitals supporting Business Intelligence and Finance teams within Hampshire Hospitals.

The Clinical Coding team work hard to provide an efficient, reliable, and effective service to the Trust in order to provide data on the Trust’s clinical activities, by abstracting information from various clinical documents and translating into diagnostic and procedure codes.
The post holder will be responsible for managing the volume of uncoded activity in assigned specialties against agreed deadlines. They will also be required to participate in coding audits and assist in the provision of high-quality information required by the Trust in a timely and accurate manner.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites:
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

We are a centralised coding team with coding offices on two sites. Coders can work on site full time or have the option to adopt a hybrid working approach, working part on site and part remotely.

• Knowledge of medical terminology anatomical and physiological terms acquired through work based training
• Science (Biology preferably) GCSE Grade C or above; or equivalent knowledge
• Knowledge of coding procedures and conventions, including all specialties in an NHS Acute Hospital environment

• Desirab Knowledge of encoding systems e.g.Medicode le
• Knowledge of Patient Administration Systems

• Analytical and judgemental skills so that you can deal with a broad range of complex activities and questions.
• Ability to give judgement when opinions are divided when coding complex cases or previously un-coded procedures
• Excellent communications skills including ability to relate to people at all levels within the organisation.
• Ability to understand, interpret and retain complex clinical written information
• Prioritise workload in line with personal and team targets.
• Excellent time management

• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting

• Able to facilitate effective communication between multi-disciplinary teams and non-health care individuals
• High level of analytical and problem solving skills
• Able to assimilate and disseminate information
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise and organise workload to deal with competing demands whilst meeting…