Do you enjoy working to improve the quality of clinical coding? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your extensive coding experience and take the next step in your career?

LTHT is looking for a Coding Auditor to work within our audit & development team.

Coding Auditors are responsible for ensuring the quality of coding within the department, as well as being a point of contact for queries from the team.

They do this by conducting regular, professional audits and validation of the work of the department and feeding results back to the team to improve our practice.

Expected Shortlisting Date

18/10/2024

Planned Interview Date

29/10/2024

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will:

Be an Accredited Clinical Coder (NCCQ /ACC qualification). Preferably, the applicant will already be an NHS Digital Approved auditor, but if not they will be eligible to apply for the next Auditor assessment day.

Have an excellent record of delivering work to strict deadlines while meeting mandatory quality requirements.

Show a thorough knowledge of Clinical Coding, including national standards and conventions, uses of the coded data, and how the performance of the department is benchmarked.

Have an organised and methodical approach to managing their workload.

Handle confidential and sensitive information with tact and discretion.

Be approachable, helpful and understanding, working well as part of the team.

If this sounds like you then we would welcome your application!

About us

DIT at LTHT is a highly motivated and inclusive place to work. We hold our Leeds Way Values in high esteem and respect all colleagues. Within the trust we are always looking to improve and give the best service possible, and we are looking for individuals with the same drive to join us.

DIT look after the Trusts information technology, responsible for delivering and embedding the latest digital innovations, finding the right hardware and software to meet business needs, turning information into insight and everything in between. Its an exciting time to join us, as we offer varied and rewarding opportunities.

Wed love to consider your application if you want to be a part of delivering operational services that allow patients to be treated effectively across Leeds.

Please note that if you are applying for a fixed term position, should funding be available to support there may be a possibility of the position becoming permanent.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see supporting documents for full Job Description with further information on requirements of the role, the department and workflows and full person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Must be an Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC), having passed the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ).
• Must have attended a National Coding Standards Course or Standards Refresher Course within the past three years.

Desirable

• Must be an Approved Clinical Coding Auditor, registered with NHS England (or willing to work towards this).

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Displays consistently good analytical and judgement skills. Able to correctly interpret and apply highly complex rules and standards.
• Gives feedback clearly but tactfully and with regard to the likely consequences of the results.
• Shows enthusiasm for the work of the team. Keeps up to date with changes in the field and develops / maintains professional contacts in other Trusts.
• Works with others from outside the department and conducts themselves in a professional and friendly manner.

Other Criteria

Essential

• Good organisational skills, in order to manage own workload (structured and ad-hoc) to achieve departmental deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills - able to provide complex information to a wide range of audiences.

Experience

Essential

• Must demonstrate an expert-level knowledge of the ICD-10 classification and associated national standards for England.
• Must demonstrate an expert-level knowledge of the OPCS-4 classification and associated national standards for England.
• Must have extensive experience of working in an acute trust as a senior-level coder over multiple complex specialities.
• Must have demonstrated an ability to write professional reports and to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences (individuals and groups).
• Must have experience of identifying and investigating anomalous results, providing solutions and monitoring their effectiveness.

Desirable

• Have previous experience working as a Coding Auditor in an acute trust.
• Experience of using 3M Medicode, including the coding, reporting and audit functions
• Experience of using the Daedalus PatientCentre PAS or similar systems.
• Experience of directing the work of small teams for ad-hoc projects
• A good understanding of the workings of LTHT its services, structure, objectives and policies

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

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