Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Coding Liaison Officer
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you an experienced coder, ready to move your coding career onto the next level?
Here at UCLH we offer our coding team much more than just financial incentives which is the reason why we have a successful and thriving Clinical Coding Department that continues to go from strength to strength.
Pivotal to our success is our systematic training and development framework and investor in people approach that forms a key cornerstone of our agenda. This supportive framework enables all our coding team to benefit from:
- Fully remote working with flexible working hours and a very flexible approach.
- Being one of the leading tertiary referral trusts in the country, coder skill sets are enhanced through exposure to cutting edge procedures and highly specialist areas within Neurosurgery, T&O, Urology, General Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Cancer Services, Ophthalmology, Infectious & Tropical Diseases and more.
- Intuitive coder specialty rotation structure
- Monthly specialty training workshops for the whole coding team
- Fortnightly ring-fenced coder study time
- Monthly Audit, feedback and training cycles
- Individual development plans /Support towards Auditor, Trainer, Management status
- Monthly 1- 1 sessions and performance reviews with Team Managers
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will provide a vital and dynamic coding role within a high performing and supportive coding team with experienced coders possessing the Accredited Clinical Coding (ACC) qualification or equivalent experience within in a wide range of specialities.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Candidates will be required to attend an on-site coding assessment.
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • ACC** national qualification or equivalent experience
- • Demonstrated medical terminology and anatomy knowledge
Experience
Desirable criteria
- • 3 years Clinical Coding experience, minimum
Communication
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal skills able to liaise with multi-disciplinary teams using various methods of communication
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- • Ability to act as a lead coder for your specialities
- • Ability to act as a mentor for trainee coders
- • Demonstrated interest and motivation in position
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gregory Stephenson
- Job title
- Head of Coding Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929233822
- Additional information
For further information or advice on pursuing a career in Clinical Coding contact Gregory Stephenson: Head of Coding Services on 07929233822.
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