Senior Clinical Coding & Data Quality Lead

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a specialist to lead clinical coding audit and data-quality initiatives. You will engage clinicians and services to improve documentation, coding accuracy, and data flows across MHNRG and national reporting.

The role requires expert coding governance and ability to drive improvements in patient-level costing and service planning. This Flexi-Bank position focuses on audits, training and governance, with strong collaboration across BI,

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent experience in clinical data quality, health informatics, clinical coding, information management or a relevant healthcare discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Trust's clinical coding audit programme, ensuring audit methodology, sampling and reporting comply with national standards.

Skills

Clinical coding

Data quality analysis

Audit

Stakeholder engagement

Training

Clinical documentation improvement

Data interpretation

Leadership

Project/people management

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Approved Clinical Coding Auditor

National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ)

Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC)

Medical Terminology qualification (e.g., AMSPAR Level 2)

Tools

MS Office

MHNRGs/ Healthcare Resource Grouping software

Job description

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a specialist to lead clinical coding audit and data-quality initiatives. You will engage clinicians and services to improve documentation, coding accuracy, and data flows across MHNRG and national reporting.

The role requires expert coding governance and ability to drive improvements in patient-level costing and service planning. This Flexi-Bank position focuses on audits, training and governance, with strong collaboration across BI,