Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 265-8226605-COR
- Employer
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals of Northamptonshire
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata plus a 10% R&R premium paid monthly
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/10/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Coding Team Lead
Band 6
Job overview
Would you like to join our Clinical Coding team as a Band 6 Clinical Coding Team Lead incl. 10% Recruitment & Retainment (R&R) premium?
The Clinical Coding service is a part of the Digital Division of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN) and is responsible for extracting and codifying complex clinical information that describes a patient's diagnostic and procedural healthcare status within an episode of care in a timely manner.
The ability of the UHN Group to accurately record and codify its clinical activity is fundamental to understanding the quality of its clinical services. Our coded data is used by all parts of the Group's business to deliver trusted and high-quality services to patients.
Clinical Coding Team Leads are a core component of the Clinical Coding service and have a crucial supporting role in the overall management of the Group as their output and the output of their coding team directly influences income through the NHS Payment Scheme.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Coding Team Lead you will be responsible for leading a team of Associate Clinical Coders, Clinical Coders and Accredited Clinical Coders to codify in a timely manner complex clinical activity according to all relevant National Clinical Coding Standards and Local Clinical Coding Policies.
You will work collaboratively with colleagues within the Clinical Coding department and the Clinical Coding Operational Manager to ensure your coding team are supported professionally and achieve relevant Key
Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics via an ongoing process of positive performance management. With the support of Accredited Clinical Coders, you will lead your coding team to achieve the submission of codified data in a timely manner.
Working for our organisation
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for a detailed list of role responsibilities.
* Successful applicants will hold a National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) and will therefore be awarded a 10% R&R premium. This premium is paid monthly and is subject to annual review.
Person specification
Educations, Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Level 6 qualification standard (e.g. degree with honours) or equivalent working experience.
- National Clinical Coding Qualification and holds Accredited Clinical Coder status.
- Successful completion of a Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Course within the last 3 years.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising and line managing colleagues
- Expert knowledge of National Clinical Coding Standards as evidenced by audit results and Accredited Clinical Coder status.
- Strong knowledge of human anatomy and physiology and medical terminology.
- Good level of knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office 365 suite.
- Administration and clerical experience in an office environment
- Experience with accurate data entry.
- Significant experience of working in an Acute NHS Trust or equivalent knowledge.
- Experience with hospital and/or clinical information systems.
- Knowledge and experience with SNOMED-CT.
- Good understanding of the relationship between codified data and HRG allocation and the various uses of codified data across the NHS.
- Experience of mentoring colleagues
- Basic understanding of Agile Principles.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to handle challenging conversations
- Ability to work positively under time pressures
- Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure timescales are met
- Ability to apply self-learning directive to maintain and develop own skills and knowledge.
- Fast and accurate keyboard skills with good IT skills
- Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality, the Data Protection Act and Caldicott principles.
- Ability to maintain frequent prolonged concentration with a VDU.
Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Adaptable to change.
- Willingness to undertake training to develop professionally.
- A keen interest in data quality.
- Capable of handling indirect exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances.
- Ability to travel between the Kettering and Northampton Hospital sites and other sites across the Group
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Ellidge
- Job title
- Operational Manager Clinical Coding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please contact me if you have any queries about the role or our service.
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