Clinical Coding Co-ordinator

The Clinical Coding Service at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has recently undergone a restructure of the team, which has created exciting development opportunities with the Clinical Coding Service.

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Coder to take on the role of Clinical Coding Co-ordinator, as the Co-ordinator you will be responsible for managing the Clinical Coding teams across the Clinical Coding Service and ensuring coding completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of their allocated specialities.

The post holder will assist in the development and implementation of best practices and processes to ensure the highest quality of clinically coded data across the Health Board.

The post holder will be responsible for abstracting and analysing highly complex clinical information from a patient’s health record, in order to assign classification codes.

If you feel that you have the relevant experience and qualifications and are looking for an exciting new challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

This is a full-time position based at the Royal Gwent Hospital. You will have the opportunity for hybrid and flexible working.

Experienced coders who do not currently hold the ACC will be employed as a trainee Band 5 Senior Clinical Coder using Annex 21 - at 75% of salary. They will be expected to undertake all aspects of the role and pass the ACC exam within 2 years of being in post.

Support the senior management team in the development of a high quality, robust clinical coding service for ABUHB, ensuring that coded data
meets local and national targets for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.

As Clinical Coding Co-ordinator you will be responsible for managing the clinical coding teams across Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and to ensure coding completeness, accuracy, and timeliness for their allocated specialties in accordance with national standards.

As Clinical Coding Co-ordinator you will be required to liaise with all staff within the Health Board in relation to identified inaccuracies and lack
of information.

The postholder will be required to consistently deliver against demanding deadlines and be accountable for maintaining accuracy and
compliance with frequently changing National Standards and Coding Conventions.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well-being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.