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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is the operational name of Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board. The Health Board was established on the 1st October 2009 and covers the areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and South Powys.
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The Health Board employs over 13,000 staff, two thirds of whom are involved in direct patient care. There are more than 250 consultants in a total of over 1000 hospital and general practice doctors, 6,000 nurses, midwives, allied professionals and community workers.
The Health Board is led by the Chairman, non-executive directors, the Chief Executive and other executive directors. The Board is supported by the Senior Management Team.
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Clinical Coding Co-ordinator
Accepting applications until: 09-Jun-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Jun-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Gwent Hospital
- Address
- Cardiff Road
- Town
- Newport
- Postcode
- NP20 2UB
- Major / Minor Region
- Newport
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £28,834 - £35,099 per annum, Annex 21 applies - at 75% of salary
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
The Clinical Coding Service at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has recently undergone a restructure of the team, which has created exciting development opportunities with the Clinical Coding Service.
We are looking for an experienced Clinical Coder to take on the role of Clinical Coding Co-ordinator, as the Co-ordinator you will be responsible for managing the Clinical Coding teams across the Clinical Coding Service and ensuring coding completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of their allocated specialities.
The post holder will assist in the development and implementation of best practices and processes to ensure the highest quality of clinically coded data across the Health Board.
The post holder will be responsible for abstracting and analysing highly complex clinical information from a patient’s health record, in order to assign classification codes.
If you feel that you have the relevant experience and qualifications and are looking for an exciting new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.
This is a full-time position based at the Royal Gwent Hospital. You will have the opportunity for hybrid and flexible working.
Experienced coders who do not currently hold the ACC will be employed as a trainee Band 5 Senior Clinical Coder using Annex 21 - at 75% of salary. They will be expected to undertake all aspects of the role and pass the ACC exam within 2 years of being in post.
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Support the senior management team in the development of a high quality, robust clinical coding service for ABUHB, ensuring that coded data
meets local and national targets for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.
As Clinical Coding Co-ordinator you will be responsible for managing the clinical coding teams across Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and to ensure coding completeness, accuracy, and timeliness for their allocated specialties in accordance with national standards.
As Clinical Coding Co-ordinator you will be required to liaise with all staff within the Health Board in relation to identified inaccuracies and lack
of information.
The postholder will be required to consistently deliver against demanding deadlines and be accountable for maintaining accuracy and
compliance with frequently changing National Standards and Coding Conventions.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well-being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- National Clinical Coding Qualification
- Extensive knowledge of clinical/medical terminology and ability to work autonomously across a full range of specialities
- Advanced ongoing in-depth knowledge and understanding of diseases and related health problems
- Advanced ongoing in-depth knowledge and understanding of medical and surgical interventions and procedural terms
- Knowledge of all Microsoft office applications and other relevant IT software packages required
Desirable criteria
- NCCQ Clinical Coding Auditor qualification
- NCCQ Clinical Coding Trainer Qualification
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Advanced problem solving skills
- Ability to practically apply clinical codes to highly complex / complex clinical coding scenarios whereby there is often no national or local standard to accurately reflect the clinical picture
- Explicit attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to relay complex coding information to clinical coding colleagues, operational staff and clinicians
- Be proactive in raising awareness within the Health Board of the importance of the work that the clinical coding department undertakes
Desirable criteria
- Continued Professional Development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Analyse and apply National Clinical Coding Standards and to a broad range of healthcare specialties and scenarios which can often be highly complex and conflicting
- Extensive experience coding across a wide range of specialties of all complexities
- Experience of working under pressure to deliver set Welsh Government in month and year- end targets, whilst also ensuring quality of data is of a high standard
- Experience of interogating both paper records and electonic systems / applications to extract clinical information for the purpose of clinical coding some of which can be conflicting
- Previous Management, Supervisory or mentoring experience
Documents
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 262.9KB)
- Occupational Health Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 648.5KB)
- Values & Behaviour Framework (PDF, 700.7KB)
- NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (PDF, 696.3KB)
- Flexible Working Options (PDF, 328.2KB)
- Agile Hybrid Working Framework (PDF, 8.6MB)
- Home Working Policy and Guidance (PDF, 380.6KB)
- Guidance Notes for Applicants April 2024 (PDF, 278.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nathan Stevens
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Operational Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 656218
- Additional information
Clinical Coding Department
Block 9
Royal Gwent Hospital
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