National Clinical Coding Training Lead

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.

DHCW offers opportunities for career growth and professional development. We will work with you and help you develop your career. We offer opportunities to pursue further academic qualifications, up to PhD level.

Our benefits include:

* Automatic membership of the NHS pension scheme

* 28 days paid leave plus bank holidays

* Blue Light Card membership – access to NHS discounts including high street, gyms, restaurants, insurance, cars, holidays etc.

* Flexible working, including options to work from home

* Employee Assistance Programme – confidential information and counselling support service available 24/7

* Cycle 2 Work scheme

* Car lease and home electronics salary sacrifice scheme

We have an exciting opportunity for a National Clinical Coding Training Lead.

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated clinical coding professional who has excellent planning, organisation and communication skills and experience in using IT systems, as well as a passion for clinical coding and service improvement and the ability to think creatively and adapt to new ideas.

What will you be doing?

You will be part of the clinical classifications and terminology standards team, working effectively with IT specialists, clinicians, informaticists and the wider clinical coding service.

You will be responsible for undertaking a wide variety of tasks, including standards creation, answering helpdesk queries, helping create clinical coding training content, and improving data quality.

You will ideally have Approved Clinical Coding Status or be willing to work towards sitting the NCCQ to attain accredited status.

You will be providing a vital and dynamic role in the national clinical classification and terminology standards team to support the clinical coding service in Wales.

If you like the challenge of working in a fast paced and exciting environment, then you may be the person to join our team.

Main duties of the job

* Lead on the development of national clinical coding standards.

* Ensure the timely publication of new clinical coding standards.

* Research the current practices being undertaken by other Home Countries in relation to clinical coding Standards and data flows.

* Communicate with a range of people at varying levels, both within their local and external working environment regarding clinical coding.

* Support the provision of detailed information on secondary use issues relating to the implementation of clinical coding standards.

* Produce the required Clinical Coding Change Notice (CCCN) for all approved new information standards.

* Undertake clinical coding impact assessments across Wales to measure the impact of the introduction of new clinical coding standards, which involves interacting with senior clinical coding and information managers.

* Present proposed changes to relevant national groups.

* Create responses to clinical coding queries regarding the correct assignment of classification codes.

* Analyse the implication of adopting new clinical coding standards in NHS Wales.

* Plan the development of concurrent new Welsh clinical coding standards, prioritising appropriately.

* Assist the National Clinical Coding Training Leads in planning and organising training courses.

* Providing secretariat support to the CCSG meeting