Clinical Coding Manager

Job responsibilities

• To evaluate and table suggestions to amend strategy regarding any information issues requiring resolution as appropriate to ensure good quality information, including undertaking clinical coding audits.
• Manage the clinical coding team for the Trust to ensure that coding is accurate and timely in accordance with internal and external requirements. Networks with other providers and brings best practice to the Trust.
• To translate and communicate highly complex information both internally and externally to individuals or groups to ensure it is understood and acted on appropriately.
• Present information to large groups e.g. internally at coding team meetings; to groups of clinical, operational or finance colleagues; or at regional conferences.
• Communicates highly complex information and analysis to peers and individuals with no background knowledge in information to ensure the message is clear and concise.
• To be visible within the hospital to promote our directorates services and strategies.
• To liaise with management and directors and attend meetings to raise awareness of information issues.

**For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached**

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential

• Educated to MBBS or master level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
• NHS Experience in Clinical Coding or Clinical experience with patient records

Desirable

• Accredited Clinical Coder
• Clinical Coding Audit qualification
• Clinical Coding Trainer qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Coding on PAS
• Excellent level of numeracy
• Understanding of the issues within Clinical Coding and ability to develop solutions.
• Critically examines information, recognizing and analysing problems
• Ability to think and act strategically.
• Supervision of staff, ability to lead and motivate a team in a changing environment.
• Expert knowledge of medical terminology and human anatomy and physiology.
• Demonstrates a willingness to undertake further training as necessary.
• Identifies solutions and actions to achieve effective day-to-day performance.

Desirable

• Use of a Patient Administration System (PAS)
• ECDL
• Coding Software
• Managing clinical coders
• Understanding NHS strategic directions to support the business requirement of the department and Trust.
• Knowledge and awareness of national initiatives, ERF, HRGs, and Clinical Coding development.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Have good project management skills, including the ability to juggle competing priorities and tight deadlines for self and team.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team
• Work autonomously to drive own work Programme and that of team members.
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and resolve them.
• Problems in relation to project or service delivery
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Desirable

• Good presentation skills for conveying complex concepts
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others
• Developed written and verbal communication skills

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Communicates in a clear and understandable manner both orally and in writing
• Can explain Coding Conventions & Guidelines and interpret them to a novice audience
• Is able to effectively manage time to successfully carry out set tasks, prioritising as necessary in order to achieve deadlines/objectives
• Excellent administration abilities and demonstrated fine attention to detail
• Strong communicator
• Good problem-solving abilities able to think outside the box
• Ability to work as part of a team

Desirable

• Comfortable liaising with senior staff (Doctors and nurses)
• Understand team dynamics and change management principles

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).