What would I expect to be doing?

Abbafan1972

I am about to apply for a job as a "coding administrator" for a medical centre & there's a question on the form asking me what I would expect to be doing in this job.

As it's admin, I would expect it to be filing, photocopying, scanning...accuracy & attention to detail would be required. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could make my application desirable please?

Thanks in advance.

[Deleted User]

It might be good to find out about clinical coding - http://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/jobdescriptions/Clinical-Coder.aspx

Do you have any understanding of the 'patient journey'?

Abbafan1972

ringo_24601 wrote: »

It might be good to find out about clinical coding - http://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/jobdescriptions/Clinical-Coder.aspx

Do you have any understanding of the 'patient journey'?

Thanks for that.....I will have a look.

I will also have to look up what "The patient Journey" is.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Abbafan1972 wrote: »

I am about to apply for a job as a "coding administrator" for a medical centre & there's a question on the form asking me what I would expect to be doing in this job.

As it's admin, I would expect it to be filing, photocopying, scanning...accuracy & attention to detail would be required. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could make my application desirable please?

Thanks in advance.

I imagine that question is there to weed out people who have just seen the word "admin" and applied for what is in fact rather a specialist position.

DomRavioli

OP, do you not have experience of clinical coding, or a clinical coding certificate?

chella

You work at your local NHS hospital, and begin at 9am. You and your team record information about every patient who visits your hospital, investigating all aspects of their journey from start to finish. You begin by recording the stay of an elderly woman who had a hip operation two days ago. From her medical notes you find out the ward she stayed on before surgery, how long her operation took, her recovery time and any other treatment she received. Then you use the special alphanumeric code you've been trained in and record everything on the computer system. These records can be understood throughout the NHS and used to plan for future patient care. You love the detective element of your job, and learning about healthcare and new treatments means work is always interesting


OP, I found the above, thought it may help. do look up the patient journey, it will help you.

Abbafan1972

DomRavioli wrote: »

OP, do you not have experience of clinical coding, or a clinical coding certificate?

No I don't. The advert does say "experience preferred but not essential".

The advert doesn't say that much, but it's at a doctors' surgery rather than a hospital.

makeyourdaddyproud

Abbafan1972 wrote: »

No I don't. The advert does say "experience preferred but not essential".

The advert doesn't say that much, but it's at a doctor's surgery rather than a hospital.

Not sure that would make a difference.

Gingernutty

ICD 10

OPCS 4.7

General hospital coding, A&E coding, Outpatient coding and GP coding are similar.

The coder generates an alphanumeric code for the condition which brought them in for treatment, certain other co-morbities (diabetes, hypertension, asthma, COPD, obesity etc) and whether there's a history of treatment/injuries/surgery etc.

Certain conditions attract payments from health authorities or central government which increase when combined with particular co-morbidities.

To put it crudely, coding turns patient notes into pound notes. It also generates statistics about the current state of the nation and gives pointers to central government about where future funding might have to go.

There are also codes for procedures. The NHS uses OPCS 4.7 which has been in place since 2014.

The above links should give a basic background.

Abbafan1972

Many thanks.

My application form went in the post on Tuesday & the closing date was yesterday, so will wait & see if I hear anything.