Clinical Coding Specialty Lead

We are currently looking to recruit a Clinical Coding Specialty Lead (ACC) to join our centralised Clinical Coding Team, committed to providing accurate and timely coded data, for use by the Trust and secondary users. As a key member of the department you will be responsible for ensuring high standards of coding accuracy, efficiency and compliance with national guidelines. This is a fixed term,
22.5 hours per week fixed term contract, hybrid clinical coding role.

The clinical coding department of Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for determining the clinical coding of around 12,000 episodes of care per month. The Trust provides a full range of hospital specialties, supplemented by a significant number of regional and national specialist services.

The trust has a fully electronic medical record (Cerner EPR) and all clinical coding is undertaken from electronic source documentation.

The NCCQ (National Clinical Coding Qualification) is preferred and considered essential to apply for this post; however, we are open to considering applicants who have relevant experience but do not hold the qualification.

Candidates will be required to take and pass a 2 hour practical clinical coding assessment should they reach the second stage of the interview process.

• Hold the NCCQ (National Clinical Coding Qualification) and demonstrate extensive expert knowledge of complex clinical coding across all specialities.
• Have extensive experience in all aspects of clinical coding practice.
• Conduct clinical coding across all specialities in accordance with all local and national policies, conventions and guidelines.
• Conduct clinical engagement in conjunction with senior clinicians, service leads and other trust staff.
• Become a subject matter expert for their given clinical speciality and act as first point of contact for coding queries for that speciality for the coding department.
• Liaise with clinicians regarding the quality of, and interpretation of complex clinical documents via the electronic clinical record.
• Validate complex clinical and coded data with senior clinicians in order to ensure accurate P  reimbursement for the trust and robust data quality.
• Attend regular clinical governance and clinical validation meetings with appropriate clinicians.

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