Wye Valley NHS Trust

Clinical Coding Team Leader (INTERNAL)

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Coding Department at Wye Valley Trust for a highly motivated individual to join the team as a Clinical Coding Team Leader, Band 6.

This is an excellentopportunity for an experienced B5 to gain useful experience in a junior management rolewhilst you will still be responsible for completing an agreed level of coding dependent on other priorities. We are keen to find someone who would like the opportunity to expand their career direction particularly into Clinical Coding Auditing or Training.

The role will involve shared responsibilities forthe mentoring and training of brand new junior coders, supervision of the Coding Team and management of the monthly coding workload ensuring all monthly mandated coding deadlines are met.

This is a vacancy with a difference as we are looking for an applicant who will enjoy the opportunity and challenge to progress withtheir Clinical Coding career and develop theirskills, either managerially or thorough audit or training.Supportwill be provided to enable this to be achieved, with both financial and allocated study time,

The applicant will enhance their own learning with the continuous involvement of validation and data analysis, andwill be expected to maintain their own high level of coding with regard to numbers coded and expected % accuracy.

Main duties of the job

The main area of responsibility is for the supervision of the Clinical Coding Team, ensuring all agreed national and local timescales are met.

Provide own high quality and timely coded data.

Provide training and mentorship to the clinical coding team members, where checking, validating and informal auditing may be necessary

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

229-COR-7400966

Job locations

County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC) - equivalent to degree level
  • Post grad management qualification or relevant recent managerial/supervisory experience
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge /skills and experience as a Clinical Coder
  • Evidence of continued professional development and attendance of formal clinical coding specialty workshops

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Well -developed planning and organisational skills
  • Extensive knowledge and use of practical clinical coding using ICD and OPCS classifications
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under constant pressure

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in training and mentoring clinical coders to a high level
  • Experience of working with hospital based computer systems

Desirable

  • Experience of conducting clinical coding audits
Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC) - equivalent to degree level
  • Post grad management qualification or relevant recent managerial/supervisory experience
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge /skills and experience as a Clinical Coder
  • Evidence of continued professional development and attendance of formal clinical coding specialty workshops

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Well -developed planning and organisational skills
  • Extensive knowledge and use of practical clinical coding using ICD and OPCS classifications
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under constant pressure

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in training and mentoring clinical coders to a high level
  • Experience of working with hospital based computer systems

Desirable

  • Experience of conducting clinical coding audits

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of IG/DPO

Pippa Whitfield

pippa.whitfield@wvt.nhs.uk

01432364089

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

229-COR-7400966

Job locations

County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


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