Senior Clinical Coding Analyst

at  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

• To abstract and analyse complex clinical information and to assign codes using ICD10 and OPCS4 and enter these codes on to the trust’s system.
• To abstract and analyse complex clinical information and to assign codes using ICD10 and OPCS4 and enter these codes on to the trust’s PAS system.
• Work as a member of the clinical coding team with responsibility for the coding of allocated wards
• Where a discharge summary is incomplete the coder will be responsible for extracting co-morbidities and other relevant supplementary information from handwritten, complex medical notes including retrieving histological results to ensure specificity and completeness of diagnostic coding
  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
  Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

WE RUN MAJOR ACUTE SERVICES AT:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
  We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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