Would you like to join our Clinical Coding team as an Accredited Clinical Coder? 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 Leicester 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.
The ability of UHL to accurately record and codify its clinical activity is fundamental to understanding the quality of its clinical services. Our coded data is used by all parts of the Trusts business to deliver trusted and high-quality services to patients.Accredited Clinical Coders are a core component of the Clinical Coding service and have a crucial supporting role in the overall management of the Trust as their output directly influences income through the NHS Payment Scheme.
• We support flexible working arrangements including remote working.
• You will be well supported to develop yourself professionally.
• You will be supported to become comfortable with working to an agile framework as a member of the Digital Division.
• Your quality as a coder will be improved by a well-established Clinical Coding Quality Assurance function.
• You will be able to input meaningfully to the direction of travel and cultural development of our growing team.
Main duties of the job
As an Accredited Clinical Coder you will be responsible for codifying in a timely manner complex clinical activity according to all relevant National Clinical Coding Standards and Local Clinical Coding Policies. You will be expected to evidence an expert grasp of National Clinical Coding Standards (evidenced by audit results, maintaining your professional Accredited Clinical Coder status and attending regular Clinical Coding Standards Refresher courses and other associated training).
You will assist the Clinical Coding Site Leads to support and mentor Trainee Clinical Coders and to achieve the submission of codified data in a timely manner.
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, incorporating Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital, General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading Heart Centres. The UHL Trust team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that our Trust Values are not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
• Managing, organising and prioritising their own workload to ensure work is accurate and complete to meet targets & Trust deadlines.
• Identifying and analysing patterns of errors and notifying these to manager, with proposed potential solutions.
• Proactively develop key business relationships within the CMG’s establishing yourself as the Coding lead/expert to ensure clinical engagement with the divisional stakeholders. Be a specialist advisor and link to the CMG’s ensuring that the coder/clinician linkage is effective and attending all necessary business/governance meetings.
• Specifically meet with senior clinicians to discuss and resolve complex coding discrepancies ensuring the coded data accurately reflects the patient’s episode of care, thus ensuring the accurate income for UHL.
• Manage and resolve complex enquiries liaising with Senior Clinicians using high level motivational, negotiating communication skills and proving an expert knowledge of the subject.
• Provide advice and support to all members of the team, participating in team events and representing the team when required.
Service Delivery & Development
• To accurately analyse, interpret and extract relevant clinical information and data (including complex conditions, treatments and High Cost Drugs) from a variety of sources including medical case notes, electronic discharge letters, Radiology Pathology and other clinical information systems.
• Responsible for managing own workload within broad guidelines. Have a joint goal with other coders to achieve coding targets. Assist colleagues with coding patient case notes if necessary, to ensure all coding is completed within the Trust’s stated deadlines. This may include mentoring less experienced colleagues.
• Produce all necessary reports regarding performance monitoring
• Present benchmarking analysis to the CMG’s and Clinical Coding Manager to identify areas of concern in the coded data and assisting in producing an action plan to address coding and clinical information issues.
• Be responsible for appraisals of all Band 4, 3 and 1 members of staff, developing personal development plans ensuring all training requirements are met.
• Assist in the recruitment process of short listing and interviewing together with the Clinical Coding Manager and Site Leads
• Deputise for the Site Leads and attend internal and external meetings as necessary.
• Develop and implement Trust Coding Policies and procedures in conjunction with senior medical staff
This advert closes on Monday 12 May 2025