Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical coders are responsible for: -

• Monitor and review all incoming correspondence through Docman and code appropriately using SNOMED CT codes, highlighting and forwarding any actions to clinical and non-clinical staff members.
• Amend filing and coding errors as and when necessary.
• Ongoing tidying of patient’s medical records.
• Summarise patient paper notes into electronic record when required.
• Scan patient-related documents onto Docman, ensuring all appropriate information regarding the document is recorded.
• Ensure incoming letters are scanned onto the patient record within a timely manner.
• Monitoring EMIS Documents inbox and actioning as appropriate.
• Monitoring the OOH inbox and actioning as appropriate.

Other Tasks:

• Ensure building security – have thorough knowledge of doors/windows/alarm.
• Providing holiday cover for colleagues.
• Any other tasks allocated by managers.

Personal/Professional Development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review.
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
• Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient’s needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.00 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 24/10/2024