Clinical Coding Team Leader

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking a Main area Clinical Coding professional at NHS AfC Band 5 for a full-time, permanent position based at Sandwell Health Campus in West Bromwich. You will work 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 8-4) and contribute to accurate ICD-10/OPCS4 coding across inpatient services.

The role emphasizes training, validation of coded data, and mentoring junior coders to ensure high-quality, timely coding aligned with national standards.

Qualifications

• NCCQ qualification required.
• GCSE Biology grade C or above.
• Clinical Coding Audit Qualification expected.

Responsibilities

• Work with Clinical Coding Manager to organise daily workload.
• Mentor Clinical Coding Team Members.
• Validate coded data to ensure compliance with national standards.

Skills

Clinical coding

Mentoring

Data validation

Team supervision

Education

NCCQ

GCSE Biology

Clinical Coding Audit Qualification

Job description

Main area Clinical Coding Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 8-4) Job ref 381-CO-8028233-A

Site Sandwell Health Campus Town West Bromwich Salary £32,073 - £39,043 + 15% R&R Salary period Yearly Closing 02/09/2026 23:59

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

Job overview

The collection and interpretation of descriptions of patient diagnoses and procedural events and the classification of these descriptions using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and the Office of Population Census and Surveys Classification (OPCS 4). This covers all inpatient care across the Trust.

Continued improvement of anatomy and physiology skills and medical terminology to enhance knowledge of the National clinical coding rules and conventions.

Main duties of the job

Work with the Clinical Coding Manager/Deputy Clinical Coding Manager to implement day to day organisation of the clinical coding department workload to ensure targets are met and a high quality service is delivered.

Mentor Clinical Coding Team Members

Validate coded data to ensure compliance with national standards

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Carry out training programmes and validation of coded data as required by the Clinical Coding Manager/Deputy Clinical Coding Manager.

Supervise and support coding of more complex cases on a regular basis, taking an active role in the resolution of coding queries.

Complete clinical coding to the highest standard and including complex specialties to meet national deadlines.

Experience

• Extensive clinical codng experience
• Managerial experience
• Experience of applying complex rules and regulations to descriptions written by medical staff
• Experience of undertaking coding audits.
• Data Entry skills
• Ability to assimilate and interpret complex information

Qualifications

• NCCQ
• GCSE or equivalent grade c or above in biology
• Clinical Codng Audit Qualification

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing"better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement

Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and

Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly acrossthefour partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining ourGreen Impact programme.