Disclaimer: This may be pie in the sky and I'm happy to be told if it is!
I've been reading a bit about this on the NHS website. I'm currently freelance but am at an age where I'm starting to think it'd be nice to have at least a little bit of a pension/sick pay/holiday pay etc. I freely admit that is my main motivation. I also want to work from home at least most of the time, and would prefer part-time/jobshare as I'd like to keep up my current freelance work too.
I currently work in (keeping it vague) a totally non-medical, non-record-keeping area, but it does involve attention to detail and quickly reading and summarising info, which I'm experienced and very good at.
I have the basic requirements of GCSEs in maths and science, and good computer experience. I have A levels and an honours degree. I have a basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology as I trained some time ago in an area involving bodywork (think personal training/Pilates sort of area).
How do you get started in clinical coding? Do you have to do an apprenticeship, and for how long? Would I need better maths and science qualifications? (I scraped my GCSEs; my A levels and degree are a million miles away, in the humanities).
TIA.