Role Overview

The post holder will have a major responsibility for the delivery of a comprehensive training programme to the Trust’s Clinical Coding Department and external stakeholders. They will also actively engage clinicians and managers in the coding process via specialty-based workshops when required.

The post holder will be responsible for planning, developing, and implementing the clinical coding audit program, involving and consulting with clinical coders, clinicians, and managers to enhance the accuracy of clinical coding. The requirement is to produce consistent, accurate, meaningful, and comparable data to help managers and clinicians in the monitoring, planning, and provision of high-quality patient care.

This role may also be offered as a Trainee Trainer and Auditor position.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the development, detailed planning, and delivery of training courses, workshops, and ad hoc sessions to the clinical coding department and to develop and lead an in-house training programme.
• Deliver training and induction to all new staff in clinical coding and advise the Clinical Coding Manager on the best means to ensure the on-going training and complex development programmes of experienced coding staff, including acting as mentor and first point of contact for novice coders in their first year of employment.
• To be responsible for auditing the completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of clinical coding throughout the division/ Trust, utilizing the current Information Technology in accordance with the national coding conventions of ICD10 and OPCS4 national and international rules.
• To deliver a robust programme of audits and reporting/presenting all findings in an efficient way to the Head of Clinical Coding, the Clinical Coding Manager, the Clinical Coding Team, relevant directorate clinicians, Trust managers, and the board.
• Produce formal audit reports within agreed timescales and make recommendations on how to improve Clinical Coding quality and accuracy.