Medical Coding Specialist II

Job title:

Medical Coding Specialist II

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Lifelancer

Job description

Job Title: Medical Coding Specialist IIJob Location: London, UKJob Location Type: RemoteJob Contract Type: Full-timeJob Seniority Level: Mid-Senior levelICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations. With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.The Medical Coding Specialist performs activities relating to coding of clinical data aligned with Clinical Trial Protocol defined requirements for coding and using established global and therapeutic area coding guidelines and processes. In addition, you will support global thesaurus and code list maintenance. Activities are performed in close collaboration with Data Managers, Study Responsible Physicians (SRP) and Study Responsible Scientists (SRS).What You Will Be Doing

• Deliver timely consistent, accurate and reproducible coding of clinical trial data using industry standard coding dictionaries (MedDRA, WhoDrug) in line with global and therapeutic area guidelines.
• In collaboration with Global Data Manager, develop trial coding specifications in line with trial requirements defining coding elements, dictionary versions and review timelines.
• Complete and submit Medidata Project Registration requests.
• Request and maintain appropriate access to coding systems.
• Perform independent quality control of trial data coding.
• Prepare and transmit trial data coding for consistency and accuracy review per trial coding specification.
• Address coding issues or revisions resulting from coding QC or consistency and accuracy review implementing coding reclassifications where required.
• Perform post-coding dictionary up-versioning synonym and coding reconciliation to align coding to latest dictionary versions.
• Initiate sign-off of final trial coding prior to reporting activities (DBL, Interim Analysis).

You Possess

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in Health Sciences.
• Minimum of 3 years’ Clinical Data Coding experience in support of clinical research.
• In-depth knowledge of industry standard coding thesauri (MedDRA, WHO Drug) and the ability to utilize incumbent dictionary encoding products and systems.
• Experience working on clinical trials.
• Experience working in highly diverse teams within clinical research; cross-functional, global, multiregional.
• Working knowledge of GCP/ICH guidelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

What ICON Can Offer YouOur success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.Our Benefits Examples Include

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefitsICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here. Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.Lifelancer ( ) is a talent-hiring platform in Life Sciences, Pharma and IT. The platform connects talent with opportunities in pharma, biotech, health sciences, healthtech and IT domains.Please use the below Lifelancer link to Apply and view similar roles. 

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Location

London

Job date

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 23:57:32 GMT

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