Job vacancy: Clinical Coding Service Manager, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Doncaster

Job summary

Main area: Digital Transformation
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 272-6154435

Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Town: Doncaster
Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 Pro Rata Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/05/2024 23:59

Clinical Coding Service Manager

Band 8a

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience within a Clinical Coding environment
• Significant experience working at a management level, including team management
• Understanding and experience of managing data quality in Clinical Coding
• Excellent working knowledge of Trust Patient Administration Systems and other key operational patient systems and patient flow.
• Knowledge of the role and function of
• In-depth and specialist knowledge of generating Trust income from Clinical Coding and Healthcare Resource Groups
• Demonstrable experience in proposing and successfully introducing change management to improve the delivery of a service

Desirable criteria

• Successful completion of the Prince Foundation Project Management Course

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Accredited Clinical Coder status
• Management qualification or equivalent qualification or relevant experience’
• Advanced skills in using Windows based packages and internet
• Advanced numeracy skills and basic statistical techniques

Desirable criteria

• Train the Trainer Connecting for Health Accredited status
• Advanced Auditor Connecting for Health status

Interpersonal

Essential criteria

• Confident in communicating with people at all levels including senior managers and clinicians
• Confident to fully participate and lead meetings and deliver training including presentations

Organisational

Essential criteria

• Complex problem solving skills
• Excellent proven ability in planning and organisational ability on an individual and total service basis
• Proven track record in working to challenging ongoing timescales and ability to work well under ongoing pressure
• Experience in successfully managing a project
• Ability to develop and plan audit programmes, conduct complex internal coding audits

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Please note that all correspondence will be sent you to via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken In line with other NHS organisations in the Yorkshire and Humber Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.
As a Trust we value HONESTY from our staff and therefore we encourage applicants to tell us about convictions, cautions, reprimands, warnings, regardless of when they took place, in the application and interview process. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us; this will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances of your offences which will be discussed in a meeting between yourself, the Recruitment Team and your potential line manager. Please read the Job Description and Person Specification carefully to ensure that you meet the skills and experience required for the post. The 'Supporting Information' area on the application form is available if you wish to expand on your skills and experience. We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a high level of applications therefore, we would recommend that you submit your application as early as possible.