Trainee Clinical Coder

Job summary

Do you have some knowledge of anatomy and physiology and medical terminology?

Are you a lateral thinker/problem solver, logical and with attention to detail?

Are you educated to at least A level standard, preferably with a biology related qualification?

If so you could be just the sort of person we are looking for to join our busy Clinical Coding Team,

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS FT is looking to appoint trainee Clinical Coders to help us capture the clinical activity we undertake at the hospital. This will support a variety of processes within the Trust and underpins the income of the Trust. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential. The role requires long periods of VDU use.

This is a full-time position (37.5 hours) based at Clatterbridge Hospital.

Training takes around two years and consists of a Clinical Coding Standards Course, speciality workshops and courses and a period of supervised coding.

If you are an accredited clinical coder we can offer you a role at a Band 4, please contact us for further details.

Main duties of the job

• Abstract and analyse clinical information from a wide variety of sources both paper and electronic formats.
• Assign diagnostic and procedural codes to episodes of care in a timely and accurate manner.
• Input codes into encoding software ensuring accuracy at all times.
• Convey complex coding rules to a wide variety of staff within the organisation e.g.clinicians, managers and information staff and with staff outside the Trust.
• Identify and retrieve missing information in order to achieve departmental and Trust targets on completeness of coding.

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.