Clinical Coding Service Lead

Job summary

As part of our newly adopted structure within Clinical Coding Services an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Clinical Coding Service Lead who can inspire our team and drive continuous improvement across our clinical coding operational, audit and training services.

Flexible working and Home or remote working can be accommodated.

Reporting to the Senior Manager for Clinical Coding and Corporate Information you will be responsible for the leadership of the Clinical Coding Department. Delivering an effective service within the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

This role includes the direct line management of Deputy Clinical Coding Service Lead, Clinical Coding Audit Manager and the Clinical Coding Training Manager.

If are you currently working in a leadership post within Clinical Coding and looking for your next challenge to develop your wider service management experience, and are passionate about high quality data and delivering exceptional service we want you to join us and play a key role in delivering our ambitious 7 year Digital Strategy including our EPR readiness journey.

Main duties of the job

The role is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to ensure that patient activity data is fully and accurately coded within prescribed timescales, whilst adhering to national and local standards.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that all coding staff are fully trained, understand national coding updates and have their work regularly audited.

They will lead the department's improvement and engagement programme, ensuring that there are comprehensive and effective procedures in place and will implement efficient systems and processes to improve and maintain performance and quality standards.

The post holder will be the Trust's key clinical coding expert, possessing expert knowledge in clinical coding across all specialty and complexities with the ability to interpret, analyse and confidently discuss the outputs of clinically coded data, in particular mortality data, with senior clinicians.

They will represent the Trust on local and national clinical coding groups, providing expert advice and guidance. Working with the Senior Corporate Information and Coding Manager, the Clinical Coding Service Lead will progress and enhance the development of electronic clinical coding, using existing clinical systems.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.