General Practice Clinical Coder/Administrator

And Responsibilities

Scan

patient related documents onto their medical record.

Ensure

incoming letters are scanned onto the patient record

Identify

and appropriately action relevant clinical information contained in patient

correspondence.

Code

or free text the clinical information on to the patient record.

Summarisation

of patients notes when requested.

Ensure

security of data at all times.

Process

patient records for Medical Reports etc

Dealing

with patients for access to medical records.

Create

patient online registrations, generating access levels and dealing with

day-to-day enquiries.

To

be responsible for patient records coming in and out of the practice, in

accordance with practice procedures.

Processing

and removing deceased patients and out-of-area patients.

Processing

new patient registrations.

Reviewing

medical records and producing an accurate summary of the patients medical

history, read coding information in line with procedures.

Sort

all incoming patient related mail.

Scan

patient related documents onto their medical record using read codes as agreed

by the clinical team.

Code

the clinical information on to the patient record.

To

provide an efficient copy/audio typing and word processing service for all

Clinicians as required.

To

make appointments and bookings for patients as required.

Provide

secretarial support to Palliative Care and Operations meetings.

Support

the Care Navigation Team a rota basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

Sort (in date

order) all incoming patient related mail.

Scan patient

related documents onto their medical record using read codes as agreed by the

clinical team.

Add any additional

information about the source of the document.

Forward the

document to the doctor or nurse who initiated the referral or who is most

appropriate to receive the information.

Ensure incoming

letters are scanned onto the patient record within a 48/72 hour timescale.

Identify and

appropriately action relevant clinical information contained in patient

correspondence

Code or free text

the clinical information on to the patient record

Deal with queries

relating to coding

Filing

and retrieving paperwork

Summarisation

of patients notes when requested.

Ensure

security of data at all times

Patient Experience

Support the Care Navigation Team and respond to

patient calls between 08.00 10.00 on a rota basis.

This is not

a comprehensive definition of the post.

Postholders will be expected to undertake any work that comes within

the remit of the posts purpose. The

job description will be kept under review and may be changed according to Practice

requirements. Discussions on any major

changes will be held with the postholder.

Do our Core Values and Guiding Principles align with our own? Then why not come and join us here at Health Care First? We are proud to be one of the largest general practices serving the local population of Castleford, Ferrybridge, Methley and Normanton. With over 29,900 patients, we put our community and our people at the heart of decision making.

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