Clinical Coding Clerk (FIXED-TERM / SECONDMENT / TRAINING OPPORTUNITY)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Coding Clerk based at University Hospital Crosshouse on a fixed-term or secondment basis, and is a training opportunity for 2 years . What you will do : You will be based within the Coding Department at University Hospital Crosshouse and will require to work across NHS Ayrshire and Arran Hospital sites to undertake all coding functions where the demand requires. Duties include extracting clinical diagnosis, procedures / interventions from patients' caserecords and clinical summaries, encode, compile and validate Scottish Morbidity Records for submission to Information and Statistics using the computerised Patient Management and abstracting System.,

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  You should possess SVQ Level 2, experience in a Health Records environment and preferably from a coding background. If successful, you will be expected to work towards the Scottish Certificate in Technical Competence for Clinical Coding.
  
  NHS Ayrshire and Arran is one of 14 territorial NHS Boards within NHS Scotland.
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