Accredited Clinical Coder

This is an exciting opportunity in the new University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust. Based in Bristol, you will follow a hybrid way of working i.e. part of your time will be working from home and part in the office. You will be an Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) or have several years’ experience working as a Clinical Coder. Working as part of a team, you will be responsible for assigning diagnostic and procedural clinical codes to reflect key patient information and entering these via the Clinical Coding software into the Trust’s PAS. Therefore as well as ensuring accurate data quality, you will also play a key role in attracting income into the Trust for patient activity.

You will be part of the Global Digital Exemplar as we move forward with an increased emphasis in working digitally. If you are interested in this opportunity to further your Clinical Coding career then please apply.

Purely remote clinical coders need not apply.

The post holder will be responsible for extracting clinical information from various clinical documents, clinical audit; pathology and x-ray systems, and translating the medical terminology used into national codes. The requirement is to produce consistent, accurate, complete and timely coded clinical data to facilitate managers and clinicians in the monitoring, planning and provision of high quality patient care. National clinical codes are the source for Healthcare Resource Groups, which are used to determine NHS Reference costs and the basis for payment by results. The post holder will be part of the Trust clinical coding team and will come into contact with a variety of hospital staff around the Trust ranging from medical records and clinical preparation staff searching for and delivering medical records to the clinical coding offices, to doctors and consultants liaising with coders on the appropriate ICD10 and OPCS4 clinical codes that should be used to represent patient care received within the Trust.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.