Clinical Coding Trainer and Auditor

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

The post holder will have a major responsibility for the delivery of a comprehensive training programme to the Trust’s Clinical Coding Department and external stakeholders. They will also actively engage clinicians and managers in the coding process via specialty-based workshops when required.

The post holder will be responsible for planning, developing and implementing the clinical coding audit program, involving and consulting with clinical coders, clinicians and managers to enhance the accuracy of clinical coding. The requirement is to produce consistent, accurate, meaningful and comparable data to help managers and clinicians in the monitoring, planning and provision of high-quality patient care.

This role may also be offered as a Trainee Trainer and Auditor position.

Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible for the development, detailed planning and delivery of training courses, workshops and ad hoc sessions to the clinical coding department and to develop and lead an in-house training programme.
  • Deliver training and induction to all new staff in clinical coding and advise the Clinical Coding Manager on the best means to ensure the on-going training and complex development programmes of experienced coding staff, including acting as mentor and first point of contact for novice coders in their first year of employment.
  • To be responsible for auditing the completeness, timeliness and accuracy of clinical coding throughout the division/ Trust, utilising the current Information Technology in accordance with the national coding conventions of ICD10 and OPCS4 national and international rules.
  • To deliver a robust programme of audits and reporting/presenting all findings in an efficient way to the Head of Clinical Coding, the Clinical Coding Manager, the Clinical Coding Team, relevant directorate clinicians, Trust managers and the board.
  • Produce formal audit reports within agreed timescales and make recommendations on how to improve Clinical Coding quality and accuracy.

Person Specification

Essential and desireable

Essential

  • oAccredited National Clinical Coding Qualification
  • oPresentation skills
  • oAbility to relate to people at all levels
  • oAbility to work confidently with minimal supervision

Desirable

  • oAccredited Clinical Coding Auditor and Trainer status
  • oTraining delivery skills
  • oExperience of working with clinicians and senior staff
  • oAttendances on report writing course
  • oExperience of developing training materials

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 10 August 2026

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