Job summary
The Trust requires a highly motivated and driven individual to join our highly experienced and friendly Clinical Coding Team. This role will be imperative as the transition to hybrid working for the Coding team increases in the near future.
The purpose of the role is to increase the knowledge and training of the Coding department through a rolling training programme that will include staff refreshers, exam training Coding standards courses and any internal training for the department following findings from audit. The role will also require working closely with senior colleagues within Clinical Coding and the wider the Digital Transformation Team to identify clinical coding training needs and deliver bespoke training sessions.
Clinical Coding training is fundamental in underpinning a well-trained efficient Coding team. This in turn helps the Trust deliver against its overall goal of becoming the 'safest Trust in England, outstanding in all that we do'. The income of the Trust is reliant on accurate and timely coded data. This information is also used for resource management, clinical research, clinical audit, and healthcare contracting, and service provision both locally and nationally.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly experienced Accredited Clinical Coding Trainer who is ready to join our busy and highly skilled Clinical Coding Team.
The main duties will include delivering NHSE nationally mandated course material including Coding standards course, Coding refresher and exam training. The role will also require the post holder to deliver bespoke training on a number Coding topics ensuring the Coding department is coding within national standards. As well as designing bespoke training sessions and presentations to address any training issues discovered through Coding audit.
The post holder is responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of best practice systems and processes to ensure timely and the highest quality coded data across the Trust.
About us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Certificate of sponsorship
Applications from individuals who require a Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applicants. For further information and to check your eligibility for this post please following the link UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK. Please note that from April 9th 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.
Certificate of sponsorship
Applications from individuals who require a Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applicants. For further information and to check your eligibility for this post please following the link UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK. Please note that from April 9th 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Accredited Clinical Coder status
- Expert knowledge and experience within specialism equivalent to degree level
- Completion of the NHS Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service Clinical Coding Trainer Programme (CCTP)
- Completion of the TAP (Trainer Assessment Programme) qualification
- Completion of NHS Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service Clinical Coding Trainer Refresher Course
- Evidence of on-going personal career development
Desirable
- Delivery of Clinical Coding Specialist Training Workshops
- TAP Diploma in Healthcare learning and development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in planning, developing and delivering successful clinical coder training programmes to increase skill level of the coders and to increase quality of coding undertaken
- Proven and in depth knowledge, understanding and experience to a specialist level of ICD 10 and OPCS4 clinical coding classifications and standards
- Strong ability to communicate at all levels in both written and oral form including the delivery of highly complex ideas and solutions in an easily understood way including breaking down barriers to understanding
- Confident and competent to carry out 1:1 training, training in small groups, classroom based training and formal large scale training and presentations to audiences of 25 plus i.e. including clinicians
- Ability to quickly identify and investigate inconsistencies in data and thorough understanding of the role of clinical coding in the data quality agenda
- In-depth knowledge of NHS Financing System; National Tariff, Healthcare Resource Groups and its effects on Clinical Coding
- Ability or demonstrate a range of complex problem solving skills
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking staff appraisals
- Experience in staff recruitment processes
Personal Attributes & Skills
Essential
- Excellent negotiating and persuasive skills at all levels in particular where resistance to change exists
- Ability to exercise own initiative and work independently to achieve objectives and deadlines
- Proven track record in working to challenging ongoing timescales and ability to work well under ongoing pressure
- Ability to undertake and contribute effectively towards long term departmental planning to meet service improvements
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Accredited Clinical Coder status
- Expert knowledge and experience within specialism equivalent to degree level
- Completion of the NHS Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service Clinical Coding Trainer Programme (CCTP)
- Completion of the TAP (Trainer Assessment Programme) qualification
- Completion of NHS Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service Clinical Coding Trainer Refresher Course
- Evidence of on-going personal career development
Desirable
- Delivery of Clinical Coding Specialist Training Workshops
- TAP Diploma in Healthcare learning and development
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in planning, developing and delivering successful clinical coder training programmes to increase skill level of the coders and to increase quality of coding undertaken
- Proven and in depth knowledge, understanding and experience to a specialist level of ICD 10 and OPCS4 clinical coding classifications and standards
- Strong ability to communicate at all levels in both written and oral form including the delivery of highly complex ideas and solutions in an easily understood way including breaking down barriers to understanding
- Confident and competent to carry out 1:1 training, training in small groups, classroom based training and formal large scale training and presentations to audiences of 25 plus i.e. including clinicians
- Ability to quickly identify and investigate inconsistencies in data and thorough understanding of the role of clinical coding in the data quality agenda
- In-depth knowledge of NHS Financing System; National Tariff, Healthcare Resource Groups and its effects on Clinical Coding
- Ability or demonstrate a range of complex problem solving skills
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking staff appraisals
- Experience in staff recruitment processes
Personal Attributes & Skills
Essential
- Excellent negotiating and persuasive skills at all levels in particular where resistance to change exists
- Ability to exercise own initiative and work independently to achieve objectives and deadlines
- Proven track record in working to challenging ongoing timescales and ability to work well under ongoing pressure
- Ability to undertake and contribute effectively towards long term departmental planning to meet service improvements
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
