Clinical Coding Auditor

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Eastbourne; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff development

NHS pension enrolment

Temporary Workforce Service enrollment

Onsite nurseries

Staff restaurants

Accommodation

Occupational Health services

Employee Assistance Programme

Onsite parking

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an Accredited Clinical Coding Auditor to help shape the future of our Clinical Coding service as we move towards a new EPR system and embrace more digital and agile ways of working.

As a senior member, you will lead with strong communication, mentor trainees, monitor quality indicators, and support strategic plans; there is flexible working that could include three days from home, discussed at interview.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical coding auditing and data quality improvement.
• Strong leadership and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to mentor trainees and work within a clinical coding team.

Responsibilities

• Monitor key performance and quality indicators for the coding team.
• Perform internal coding audits and identify variances against benchmarks.
• Support Head of Clinical Coding in strategic planning and service development.
• Provide mentorship to trainee coders within the department’s quality framework.
• Participate in external exchange audits with other Trusts.

Job description

This post attracts a Recruitment and Retention premium of £2,500 per year.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Accredited Clinical Coding Auditor to play a key role in shaping the future of our Clinical Coding service. This is an exciting time to join the Trust as we move towards a new EPR system and embrace more digital and agile ways of working.

You will bring strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and a passion for quality improvement. As a senior member of the team, you will act as a role model for excellence, supporting both day‑to‑day operations and the strategic development of the service.

There is opportunity for flexible working that could include working from home three days as part of the working week; this would be discussed at interview.

The candidate will also manage the quality and performance targets assuring maximum accuracy and productivity levels within the Coding Team both for coding quality purposes and in support of key performance indicators.

If you are motivated by high standards, continuous improvement, and the opportunity to influence Trust‑wide data quality, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Monitoring of agreed key performance and quality indicators will form a major part of this role, with responsibility for supporting areas of under achievement. The post-holder will work closely with lead clinicians within their respective areas, to ensure that specialty level data is timely, standardized and robust to support performance. The post-holder will support the Head of Clinical Coding in developing and managing strategic plans for the department.

To set up and perform internal coding audits, identifying variances against benchmarks, using tools such as CHKS to identify target areas.

Participate in external exchange audits with other Trusts.

To provide mentorship of trainee coders as appropriate and as agreed with the Head of Clinical Coding within the department’s quality framework.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

• staff development
• enrolment in the NHS pension scheme
• auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service
• access to onsite nurseries
• staff restaurants
• accommodation
• internal Occupational Health department
• free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

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