Position Overview & Specifications

Clinical Coding Team Leader Band 5 with 15% Recruitment & Retention Premium

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE ONLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM ACC CLINICAL CODERS

The supervision and motivation of the Clinical Coding Team, including the general day to day organisation of the Clinical Coding Department's workload ensuring staff are trained and audited to deliver a high quality service.

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.