Overview
ESNEFT is seeking an experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking Clinical Coding Divisional Lead for Surgery, Gastroenterology & Anaesthetics to join our dynamic and high-performing Clinical Coding Department.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for established Senior Clinical Coders to step into a leadership role supporting the delivery of high quality coded clinical data that underpins patient care, Trust income, and national reporting.
About the Role
As a Clinical Coding Divisional Lead for Surgery, Gastroenterology & Anaesthetics, you will play a pivotal role in leading and managing coding activity within your allocated clinical division. You will work closely with divisional managers, clinicians, auditors, BI teams, and the wider coding service to ensure that all coded activity is accurate, timely, complete, and compliant with National Clinical Coding Standards. You will also champion continuous improvement, support professional development within the team, and act as a key point of expertise for complex or challenging coding queries.
Responsibilities
* Lead and manage a designated section of the Clinical Coding Department, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, end-to-end coding service.
* Provide coding leadership for your allocated clinical divisions, attending relevant meetings and acting as the primary specialist point of contact.
* Ensure accurate abstraction of clinical data from patient electronic records and application of ICD10 and OPCS4.10 in line with national standards.
* Monitor performance, ensuring adherence to deadlines and Trust KPIs.
* Support implementation of new coding standards, releases, and organisational changes.
* Assist in clinical coding audits, data quality checks, and remedial action planning.
* Contribute to training and mentorship of new staff, including supporting trainees and Band 4/5 development coders.
* Work collaboratively across sites (Ipswich and Colchester), promoting consistency and best practice.
About ESNEFT
We provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across East Suffolk and North Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
Benefits
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic, bringing a world-class EPR system to ESNEFT.
Join Us
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Apr 2026.
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