Job Description:

The Opportunity: In this role, you will lead daily clinical coding operations and data quality initiatives within an NHS setting. You will supervise and mentor clinical coders, perform accurate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 coding, and resolve data quality issues to support financial flows and operational requirements.

Your Impact

• Coding & Data Quality: Extract and record complex clinical data using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 standards, ensuring high accuracy to support HRGs and NHS financial flows.
• Team Supervision & Mentoring: Supervise and mentor Clinical Coders and Data Quality Officers, conduct performance reviews (PDRs), and resolve technical coding queries.
• Audit & Compliance: Assist in executing clinical coding audit programs, maintaining compliance with national PbR timetables and Data Security and Protection (DSP) toolkit standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Educate clinical and non-clinical staff on coding guidelines, data quality importance, and outpatient procedurally focused documentation.

Your Experience

• Qualifications & Credentials: National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ/ACC) is mandatory.
• NHS Expertise: Substantial experience in clinical coding within the NHS across a wide range of specialties.
• Data Quality & Financial Knowledge: Strong understanding of data quality correction, HRGs, and financial flows.
• Leadership & Coaching: Experience supervising, coaching, or training junior clinical coding staff.

This is an urgent vacancy where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. If interested, please share your updated CV with me at manisha. devaruppala @ randstad (url removed), and let's coordinate a brief call to discuss further.

Best Regards,
Manisha.

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