Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 110-AC083-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr Tidfil
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Coding Analyst
Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced accredited clinical coder to join our Team based in Prince Charles Hospital.
The role of an advanced clinical coder is to analyse, extract and interpret highly complex clinical information using electronic / clinical systems, handwritten medical records, clinical correspondence, discharge letters, nursing correspondence, diagnostic tests and imaging, denoting diagnosis, co-morbidity, medical and surgical procedures, medical status and relevant family history information, accurately assigning codes using the ICD10 and OPCS-4 classifications.
The information is gathered for research, aetiology studies that occur on Local, National and Internationally levels, health trends, epidemiology studies, clinical indicators and case mix planning.
Statistical coded data produced by the clinical coder is also used for clinical governance, clinical audit, tracking patient outcomes measuring treatment effectiveness, and monitoring progress of diseases.
There is a wide recognition in the National Health Service (NHS) of the importance of accurate Coded Clinical Data and the fundamental role it plays in the management of hospitals and services.
Main duties of the job
Senior Clinical Coding Analysts are expected to produce consistent, accurate, complete and timely coded clinical data in accordance with all National Clinical Coding Standards, Welsh Clinical Coding Standards, Local Clinical Coding Policies and Welsh Assembly Government deadlines.
To be self-managing in maintaining knowledge of National Clinical Coding Standards, Welsh Standards and local clinical coding policies.
1. To work autonomously without direct instruction or supervision when self-allocating work and achievement of daily coding targets.
2. Resolve complex clinical coding queries / issues where there are a range of facts or situations requiring analysis, by referring to National Clinical Coding Standards, Welsh Standards, Local Clinical Coding Policies and relevant National helpdesk query resolutions database (DELEN).
To work as an individual and as part of team, particularly when working to tight and demanding deadlines.
Be proficient in the use of AI, digital case note systems, clinical IT systems, encoders systems and interrogating electronic patient records to abstract information.
Actively participate in clinical coding quality checks in respect of internal / external clinical coding audits
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualification / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Attained the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ – Diploma level 4) and achieved Accredited Clinical Coding (ACC) status OR equivalent
- Advanced ongoing in-depth knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology
- Advanced ongoing in-depth knowledge and understanding of diseases and related health problems
- Advanced ongoing in-depth knowledge and understanding of medical and surgical interventions and procedural terms
- Knowledge and experience of AI, digital case note systems and the introduction of ICD11 and OPCS 5
- Post ACC qualification, ensure compliance in 3 yearly Clinical Coding Refresher course and achieve at least 90% in the course assessment
Desirable criteria
- NCCQ Clinical Coding Auditor qualification
- NCCQ Clinical Coding Trainer Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant practical coding experience across a wide range of specialties of all complexities
- Experience of interogating both paper records and electonic systems / applications to extract clinical information for the purpose of clinical coding some of which can be conflicting
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to achieve 90% accuracy in internal and external audits. Explicit attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to relay complex coding information to clinical coding colleagues, operational staff and clinicians
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Gapper
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 754352
- Additional information
Preferred contact via email.
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