Head of Contract Analytics – Clinical Audit/Clinical Coding Specialist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

This role has been assessed against the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker visa, we regret to inform you that we will be unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship due to the post being ineligible because the role does not meet the necessary salary thresholds.

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Patient First - Customer Excellence
• Aspirational
• Collaborative
• Insightful
• Respectful
• A commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Education

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• In depth understanding and working knowledge of clinical coding across primary, secondary and tertiary care organisations and experience of linking/utilisation of linked data sets
• Experience of providing specialist information and insight, particularly relating to clinical coding and clinical audit
• ACC qualified & evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care, individual provider and commissioning organisations and other NHS bodies
• Experience of working in a pressurised environment requiring prioritisation of workloads and negotiation of delivery timescales
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• Experience of managing and motivating teams and reviewing performance of staff

Desirable

• Member of relevant professional body

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solutions
• Communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders/customers both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with high level of keyboard skills.
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and within financial constraints
• Interpreting national policy for implementation
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• Promotes equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes, projects and services on time using established project management techniques
• Excellent customer service skills; Team working skills; Self-motivated; Ability to move between details and the bigger picture. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop

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

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

NHS SCW CSU (Hybrid)

Eastleigh / Oxford / Reading / High Wycombe

SO50 5PB

Employer's website

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