Medical Coding Specialist I
Location: Chennai, Trivandrum
About the role
Medical Coding Specialist – Chennai, India
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives.
Our ‘Own It’ culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organisation: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organisation that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.
That’s our vision. We’re driven by it. And we need talented people who share it.
If you’re as driven as we are, join us. You’ll be working in a dynamic and supportive environment, with some of the brightest and the friendliest people in the sector, and you’ll be helping shape an industry.
Experience Required
Functional Knowledge:
• Developing a working functional knowledge level of coding in the context of clinical data management.
Business Expertise:
• Ability to apply working knowledge of clinical data developed through education or past experiences.
Responsibilities:
Leadership:
• Typically 0-3 years of experience in this role. An equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience may be considered in place of education and experience requirements.
• Ability and willingness to be a contributing team member.
• Developing technical acumen and applying acquired knowledge to delivery requirements.
Problem Solving:
• Use existing procedures to solve basic and routine problems; analyse information and standard practices to make judgement calls.
Impact:
• Contribute to the achievement of goals through personal effort in own work area and influence over others.
• Impact is focused on immediate delivery of tasks.
• Work is assessed regularly and under significant guidance and direction as required by developing competency.
Interpersonal Skills:
• Interpret data to deliver messages. Requires objective review of work problems, obtaining cooperation or approval.
Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
We offer very competitive salary packages. And to keep them competitive, we regularly benchmark them against our competitors. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals – both ours and yours.
We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees and their families and offer competitive retirement plans – and related benefits such as life assurance – so you can save and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
But beyond the competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, you’ll benefit from an environment where you are encouraged to fulfil your sense of purpose and drive lasting change.