Clinical Coding Training Manager

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

As part of our newly adopted structure within Clinical Coding Services, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Clinical Coding Training Manager who can lead our clinical coding training program in collaboration with our well-established audit team.

Flexible working and home or remote working can be accommodated.

As the Clinical Coding Training Manager, you will work closely with senior management to assess both departmental and individual training needs. You will be responsible for designing and delivering a comprehensive training program that supports our vision of creating a structured pathway for trainee coders, leading them to become fully accredited clinical coders.

Main Duties of the Job

The Clinical Coding Training Manager will have responsibility for the management and delivery of a comprehensive training programme to the Trust's clinical coding department, as well as implement and deliver regular approved training sessions for clinical coders, external NHS customers, clinicians, and managers to improve knowledge of clinical coding and related topics.

The post holder will advise and assist in the implementation of new guidance and standards, ensuring that local policies and guidance are updated to best serve the needs of the Organisation and conform to national coding standards.

The post holder will also be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Clinical Coding Training team and clinical coding trainees.

Plan, organise, and deliver the Organisation's training programme for the Clinical Coding department, which can include but is not limited to: Clinical Coding Trainee programme, Revision programme, Refresher Courses, Classifications and Standard updates, specialty-based workshops, and individual or ad-hoc training needs.

About Us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job Responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NHSE clinical coding approved clinical coding trainer
• Valid TAP Certificate in Training Delivery
• NCCQ - National Clinical Coding Qualification
• Registration with health informatics professional body e.g. IHRIM, APHA

Experience

• Experience of developing bespoke training packages
• Substantial NHS acute setting experience within clinical coding

Knowledge

• In-depth anatomy knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of HRGs and NTPS (national tariff payment system)
• OPCS and ICD10 knowledge covering a broad range of specialties

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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