Clinical Coder

JR United Kingdom; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a skilled Interim Clinical Coding Manager/Consultant to oversee the clinical coding department. This hybrid role involves supervising coding operations, auditing for accuracy, and resolving complex coding issues. The ideal candidate must possess relevant experience and certification in clinical coding.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical coding with complex cases is essential.
• Certified in relevant clinical coding standards.
• Strong understanding of national classification rules.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the clinical coding team in daily operations.
• Undertake coding audits and ensure accurate data entries.
• Resolve complex coding queries in collaboration with senior staff.

Skills

Clinical coding

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Relevant training and certification in clinical coding

Job description

Triple West Medical are seeking an experienced Interim Clinical Coding Manager/Consultant with a Provider based in East of England. This is an hybrid role but could also be remote depending on experience and needs of the service.

Day Rate Basis - DOE - Outside of IR35

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To be an expert clinical coder dealing with complex clinical cases and queries, and resolving issues with senior clinical staff
• Be responsible for the daily operational supervision of the clinical coding team, in accordance with hospital and departmental policies
• Monitoring of agreed key performance and quality indicators
• Support the Clinical Coding Service as a whole in the overall management of the department
• Work closely with lead clinicians within all areas, to ensure that specialty level data is timely, standardised and robust to support performance.
• Provide advice often to resolve complex or difficult coding queries
• To undertake regular coding audits and reviews to assess coding accuracy, depth and quality
• To accurately code all in-patient episodes applying national classification rules and conventions using source material such as Electronic Patient record and case notes
• To ensure the completion of all consultant episodes within the agreed timescales and to follow up any uncoded episodes promptly
• To code all episodes with sufficient depth ensuring that the extracted data accurately reflects the complexity of the patients diagnosis, Co-morbidities and any Procedures or Interventions carried out during an episode of care
• To be the first point of contact in routinely providing expert advice and resolving complex coding enquires, and engaging with senior clinicians
• To use and interrogate clinical information systems to assess coding accuracy and quality
• To attend directorate or specialty meetings to feedback coding queries and instruct staff about how to improve coding standards

You must have relevant experience along with required training and certification. Please apply and send across your CV

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Created on 26/06/2025 by JR United Kingdom