Clinical Coding Qualified Auditor

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Coding Qualified Auditor to join our Clinical Coding team. This senior specialist role supports the delivery of the Trust's annual clinical coding audit programme, including evidence for the DSPT Data Security Standard 1.

The post requires advanced knowledge of ICD-10/OPCS-4, and experience in re-coding complex cases, with mentoring provided to the wider coding team. The role is hybrid between Bolton Hospital and home.

Qualifications

• Approved Clinical Coding Auditor status or ACC with 3+ years post-accreditation.
• Committed to achieving auditor accreditation within 18 months of appointment.
• Advanced knowledge of ICD-10 and OPCS-4.
• Experience in re-coding complex cases and auditing across specialties.

Responsibilities

• Undertake re-coding of inpatient and day-case episodes, including complex cases, against ICD-10 and OPCS-4.
• Apply audit sampling instructions to contribute to the annual audit plan.
• Identify recurring error types and provide evidence-based insights.
• Liaise with clinicians to clarify documentation and support improvement work.
• Produce coding quality reports and contribute to DSPT evidence.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to the coding team.
• Support training and induction in coding standards and audit methodology.
• Maintain auditable records of coding and audit activity.

Skills

ICD-10

OPCS-4

Clinical terminology

Auditing

Mentoring

Clinician engagement

Data quality

Documentation improvement

Education

Approved Clinical Coding Auditor status

Accredited Clinical Coders (ACC) with 3+ years

Job description

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Coding Qualified Auditor to join our Clinical Coding team. This is a senior specialist role supporting the delivery of the Trust's annual clinical coding audit programme, including evidence for the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) Data Security Standard 1, working directly with the Clinical Coding Audit & Data Quality Lead.

The successful candidate will undertake re-coding of complex cases across multiple specialties, identify error patterns and documentation issues, and translate audit findings into actionable improvement insights to support coding accuracy, data quality, and safe patient care.

We welcome applications from candidates who hold Approved Clinical Coding Auditor status, or from Accredited Clinical Coders (ACC) with at least three years' post-accreditation experience who are committed to achieving auditor accreditation within an 18-month development period from appointment. Structured support and mentoring will be provided.

The post operates on a hybrid pattern between Bolton Hospital and home.

Department, Contributing To Coding Accuracy, Data Assurance, And Quality Improvement Across The Trust. Reporting To The Clinical Coding Audit & Data Quality Lead, The Post Holder Will

• Undertake re-coding of selected inpatient and day-case episodes, including complex cases, against ICD-10 and OPCS-4 national standards
• Apply agreed audit sampling instructions and methodologies, contributing to the delivery of the annual audit plan
• Identify recurring error types, emerging patterns, and documentation issues, providing evidence-based insights from audit findings
• Liaise with clinicians to clarify ambiguous documentation and support documentation improvement work
• Produce coding quality reports and contribute to evidence for DSPT and external audit activity
• Provide technical guidance, peer support, and mentoring to the wider coding team
• Support training and induction in coding standards and audit methodology
• Maintain accurate, auditable records of coding and audit activity in line with Trust and national requirements

The role requires advanced knowledge of ICD-10, OPCS-4, clinical terminology, and clinical documentation, together with sound professional judgement, the ability to work independently within an agreed audit framework, and a constructive approach to coder development and clinician engagement.

We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton – the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people.

The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We’re structured in four clinical divisions – Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we’re accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.

Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Philip Taylor Job title: Clinical Coding Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07753280327