Medical Records Read Coder

Job summary

Pennygate Medical Centre are advertising a new role of trainee read coder and summariser. We are a large team serving 19,000 patients. Due to an increase in list size we are looking to increase our coding team and administration hours. We have 2 positions available in the coding Team. Both positions will work Monday to Friday 2pm-6pm. The trainee will receive 12 months of training and once training is complete the pay band will be reviewed.

Main duties of the job

• Sorting of patient records in preparation for summarising
• Reviewing medical records and producing an accurate summary of the patients medical history
• Extensive Notes Summarising
• Scanning clinical correspondence to the patients records
• Coding the information into the practice clinical system
• Workflow correspondence following practice protocol
• Auditing data collection standards in the Practice
• Ensure that all confidential information is locked away securely at the end of the day
• Monitoring the progress of notes, summarising against our targets
• Routinely perform coding of all relevant information from patients notes, letters from clinical consultants, test results and diagnostic reports into the Practice clinical system
• Clinical searches on patients to ensure notes are correctly coded
• General ad-hoc additional administration tasks
• Checking notes and inputting data related to QOF (quality outcomes framework)
• To be flexible to support wider work of admin team as necessary
• Handling queries tasks and telephone calls both internally and externally

About us

Pennygate Medical Centre has a large clinical and admin team. We look after 19.000 patients and are part of the Hindley PCN. We offer agenda for change pay scale and NHS pension. The Surgery offers free parking an onsite gym and train station directly over the road.

Job responsibilities

Sorting of patient records in preparation for summarising

Reviewing medical records and producing an accurate summary of the patients medical history

• Extensive Notes Summarising
• Scanning clinical correspondence to the patients records
• Coding the information into the practice clinical system
• Workflow correspondence following practice protocol
• Auditing data collection standards in the Practice
• Ensure that all confidential information is locked away securely at the end of the day
• Monitoring the progress of notes, summarising against our targets
• Routinely perform coding of all relevant information from patients notes, letters from clinical consultants, test results and diagnostic reports into the Practice clinical system
• Clinical searches on patients to ensure notes are correctly coded
• General ad-hoc additional administration tasks
• Checking notes and inputting data related to QOF quality outcomes framework and IIF.
• To be flexible to support wider work of admin team as necessary
• Handling queries tasks and telephone calls both internally and externally

Person specification

Experience

Desirable

• Worked in a GP Practice for 12 months.

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE Grade A-C in maths and English.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration