Job summary
- Main area
- Admin & Clerical
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 199-7610856-FM-MT
- Employer
- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clinical Coding Department
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 pa pro-rata incl HCAS (outer) plus 20% R&R
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/12/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Coding & Data Quality Supervisor
Band 6
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job overview
Clinical Coding & Data Quality Supervisor
Band 6, Full Time, Permanent
Clinical Coding & Data Quality (DQ) Services is looking for an experienced Clinical Coding & Data Quality Supervisors with 20% Recruitment and Retention Premium (RRP) to join our friendly department at Croydon University Hospital, Croydon.
The successful candidate should be a good team player with excellent communication skills and good leadership & management skills. You will have experience of coding across all specialities with National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) with proven experience of liaising with Consultants/Clinicians with regards to coding queries and clinical documentations.
You will be required to be consistent and accurate in working to recognised coding methods and to meet deadlines of agreed time scales. This is a vital role in which you will support the Trust business requirements and effective patient care. As a Supervisor, you will be responsible for managing Clinical Coding and Data Quality team staffs.
Proposed Interview Date - 18th December 2025
Main duties of the job
The Post holder will work closely with Data Quality Officers to provide data quality & correction support and highlight to all the Trust stakeholders of all the data quality issues raised specially by the Clinical Coding team to improve overall Data Quality. You will also be assisting the Clinical Coding Audit Manager and fellow Supervisors in dealing with the queries on Outpatient Coding and OP coding process.
In return for your hard work, we offer you support for your personal development and training needs and provide you with flexible working hours.
These posts attract RRP until 31st March 2028 and subject to approval on a yearly basis after that.
Working for our organisation
Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.
CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the Crocus home birthing team.
Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside an onsite GP surgery.
Our experienced staff take care of people of all ages across the borough of Croydon. We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
Person specification
CCSRC
Essential criteria
- CCSRC
Experience and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NCCQ
- Supervisory experience
- Experience of Data Quality issue and need for correction
- Experience and knowledge of Outpatient Coding
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Coding Trainer/Auditor Qualifications
- Understanding of HRG's and Financial flows
- Teaching on importance of Coding and Data Quality issues for good data
Clinical Coding Test
Essential criteria
- Pass the Internal Coding Test
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Suraj M Paudel
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Coding & Data Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084013908
- Additional information
For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Dr Suraj M Paudel, Head of Clinical Coding & Data Quality on 0208 401 3908 or by email [email protected]
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