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Job summary

Main area
Transformation
Grade
8b
Contract
Fixed term: 1 year
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
  • Home or remote working
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
337-NP-7738FA
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cross-site
Town
Harrow
Salary
£64,408 - £73,961 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/05/2024 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Continuous Improvement Lead - Coding Accuracy

8b

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The post holder is a key member of the Transformation Team at LNWH and will lead on embedding the principles of continuous improvement, patient safety and clinical effectiveness in practice across all our sites. The role supports us put Quality at our HEART.

The post holder will lead and actively seek opportunities for accurate and appropriate clinical coding using Cerner EPR system and work with key stakeholders across all specialties across all sites to promote the uptake and delivery of such projects. The poster holder will address the variability in best practice adoption of outpatient and procedure coding, including full activity capture and appropriate OPCS usage.

 

The post holder will be required to support the transformation team to roll out improvement capability across all LNWH sites and to facilitate the integration of these methods into everyday practice in order to provide excellent care as standard.

You must have proven experience in leading and delivering several improvement projects simultaneously and related to coding accuracy using Cerner. The postholder will be expected to provide, training and coaching for Transformation team members, trust staff and our stakeholders. You will assist in leading the development and implementation of improvement methodologies to be adopted across the Trust and ensure that the right training and support is in place to allow for these methodologies to be effectively deployed.

Main duties of the job

  1. Support improved outpatient and procedure coding accuracy, conducting deep dives and process reviews with services, and agreeing interventions including training, process changes, etc to ensure accurate coding capture and reporting
  2. Spread good practise across our organisation, sharing improvements and ideas across our organisation
  3. Ensure effective governance and benefits realisation across all coding accuracy projects undertaken across the organisation
  4. Support improvements in dashboards and visibility to sustain improvements  

Working for our organisation

All staff employed by the Trust are expected to embody our ‘HEART’ values throughout their employment. The values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and underpin everything we do and say to achieve our vision:

Honesty - We're truthful, we're open, and we speak up

Equity – We're kind and caring, we act with fairness, and we're understanding

Accountability – We're professional, we strive for excellence, and we improve

Respect – We're attentive and helpful, we're appreciative, and we act with empathy

Teamwork – We involve others, we support our colleagues, and we set clear goals

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Master’s level or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
  • Critical appraisal skills

Functional skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable project/programme delivery
  • Ability to manage complex programmes of work
  • Analytical skills in collecting, working with and presenting data
Desirable criteria
  • Programme / Project Management or Improvement Qualification or equivalent experience.

Job related experience

Essential criteria
  • Successful track record of working and delivering in complex environments
Desirable criteria
  • Experience supporting coding accuracy improvements using Cerner EPR

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Capital Nurse, LondonApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
James Biggin-Lamming
Job title
Director of Strategy and Transformation
Email address
[email protected]
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