Main area: Clinical Coding
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Secondment: 18 months
Hours: Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working available across Monday - Friday within the hours of 6AM - 8PM)
Job ref: 265-6725260-A
Site: Northampton General Hospital
Town: Northampton
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 + a 11.25 % R&R premium paid monthly
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/11/2024 23:59
Job overview
Would you like to join our Clinical Coding team as a Band 6 Clinical Coding Team Lead incl. 11.25 % Recruitment & Retainment (R&R) premium*?
Read on to learn more about this rewarding role and submit your application.
The Clinical Coding service is a part of the Digital Division of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN) and is responsible for extracting and codifying complex clinical information that describes a patient's diagnostic and procedural healthcare status within an episode of care in a timely manner.
Clinical Coding Team Leads are a core component of the Clinical Coding service and have a crucial supporting role in the overall management of the Group as their output and the output of their coding team directly influences income through the NHS Payment Scheme.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Coding Team Lead you will be responsible for leading a team of Associate Clinical Coders, Clinical Coders and Accredited Clinical Coders to codify in a timely manner complex clinical activity according to all relevant National Clinical Coding Standards and Local Clinical Coding Policies.
You will work collaboratively with colleagues within the Clinical Coding department and the Clinical Coding Operational Manager to ensure your coding team are supported professionally and achieve relevant Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics via an ongoing process of positive performance management.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties:
* Line manage and lead a team of coders to extract, analyse and codify complex clinical information describing a patient’s diagnostic and procedural healthcare status.
* Ensure a team’s codified data is of high quality and accurate in line with all relevant National Clinical Coding Standards.
* Act as a key responsible point of contact for other disciplines of staff necessary to the successful completion of accurate clinical coding.
* Provide leadership and line management, creating an environment for a motivated and high performing team.
* Support the Group in transformation and cost-improvement programmes that involve coded data as a mechanism for financial gains.
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
* Educated to Level 6 qualification standard (e.g. degree with honours) or equivalent working experience.
* National Clinical Coding Qualification and holds Accredited Clinical Coder status.
* Successful completion of a Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Course within the last 3 years.
Knowledge & Experience
* Experience of supervising and line managing colleagues.
* Expert knowledge of National Clinical Coding Standards.
* Strong knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
* Good level of knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office 365 suite.
* Significant experience of working in an Acute NHS Trust.
Skills
* Ability to lead and motivate a team.
* Excellent interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal.
* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
* Ability to maintain frequent prolonged concentration with a VDU.
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services. We celebrate staff achievements and value teamwork.
Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.
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Due to the high number of applications received we are unable to respond to each application individually. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful in this application.
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