Clinical Document Coder / Administrator - ELA -FT / PT available

East Lancashire Alliance (ELA) is a not-for-profit community interest company providing services to our GP practice members and offering a portfolio of patient services. All our clinical services are led by clinical leads who work as part of a team with Federation managers.,

• To extract the clinical information from the manual and computerised patients health records and then analyse that information to assign appropriate clinical codes, with adherence to the rules, regulations and protocols of clinical coding using the GPs clinical computer system.
• To understand, and maintain, the need for accuracy of clinical coding as this has a direct impact on the revenue generation and funding for the Practice.
• To provide cover for absence of coding staff, as required, ensuring continuity of data coding.
• To possess sufficient knowledge once trained to work unsupervised on routine coding, taking advice from a supervisor when appropriate.
• To effectively communicate with coding team, doctors, nursing staff and others concerning coding issues.
• To resolve any coding queries by consulting with line manager, colleagues and by liaising with other medical staff.
• To be able to manage own workload to ensure work is accurate and complete to meet targets and communicate any problems to the Line Manager.
  
  We are a network of nine PCNs which consist of 48 GP practices covering a population of over 390,000 patients across East Lancashire. Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected, at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable. The Alliance are proud to represent our member practices and to champion our Primary Care Partners, by working with local general practice and other system partners in the provision of patient centred local healthcare services.
Each practice has a close-knit team of staff who collectively seek to improve the health of their patient populations.

This role is advertised at a 12 month fixed term, with a view to become permanent/ extended. Full time and Part time considered.