Clinical Coding Team LeaderinHerefordinHerefordPUBLISHED FRI 25 OCT 2024
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The successful applicant will be responsible for maintaining high-quality coding standards, achieving coding accuracy, and managing team performance against national and local timeframes. Responsibilities also include providing training and mentorship to team members, engaging in data validation and analysis, and ensuring completion of all mandated coding requirements. This position offers a unique opportunity for career progression within clinical coding while contributing to a vital aspect of healthcare data management.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Coding Department at Wye Valley Trust for a highly motivated individual to join the team as a Clinical Coding Team Leader, Band 6.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced B5 to gain useful experience in a junior management role whilst still retaining their own clinical coding work load. there will also be the opportunity to expand their direction if they have an interest in either Clinical coding Auditing or Training.
The role will involve responsibilities for mentoring and training of brand new coders, day to day supervision of the coding Team alongside another Team Leader., and ensuring all monthly mandated coding deadlines are met. You will also be supporting the Clinical Coding Manager to ensuring effective service delivery for coding.
This is a vacancy with a difference as we are looking for an applicant who will enjoy the opportunity and challenge to progress with their Clinical Coding career and develop their skills, either managerially or thorough audit or training.Support will be provided to enable this to be achieved, with both financial and allocated study time,.
The applicant will enhance their own learning with the continuous involvement of validation and data analysis, and will be expected to maintain their own high level of coding with regard to numbers coded and expected % accuracy.
The main area of responsibility is for the supervision of the Clinical Coding Team, ensuring all agreed national and local timescales are met.
Provide own high quality and timely coded data.
Provide training and mentorship to the clinical coding team members, where checking, validating and informal auditing may be necessary
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