Deputy Clinical Coding Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing the clinical coding function, ensuring timely and accurate data submission, and supporting commissioning processes. The post holder will innovate coding methodologies, analyze complex coding data for senior clinicians, and maintain effective communication with clinical teams. Responsibilities include managing coding workloads, staff performance, and promoting coding awareness through education and presentations.
Key responsibilities
- Manage, plan and organise the assignment of coding workloads to ensure high standards of clinical coding completeness and accuracy.
- Responsible for daily first line management of Clinical Coding staff, including attendance, disciplinary, and performance management.
- Promote coding awareness and take part in Trust-wide clinical coding education by liaising with clinicians and delivering presentations.
- Lead projects related to Clinical Coding improvement work to enhance accuracy and completeness.
- Analyse complex clinical operations, organisational structures, and care processes to facilitate decision making regarding clinical transformation.
- Create high level presentations and reports for various internal and external meetings.
Essential criteria
- Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ)
- 5 years Coding experience
- Previos presentation experience
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Coding Auditor
- Previous Neurosurgery or Cardiac surgery coding experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Clinical Coding Manager
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
Additional £2,500 R&R payment
We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. VisitHealth and Care Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
ensure the timely and accurate delivery of the clinical coding function within the Trust to support commissioning and data submission processes by ensuring the Trust's coding activity deadlines are routinely met and that staff within the department achieve the highest possible standards.
Responsibility for innovation in delivery of new coding methodologies and approaches, and in mitigating to a more automated approach.
Work with senior clinicians and senior managers across the Trust, analysing complex coding data to answer queries on clinical coding, and to ensure that clinical coding is accurate to support Trust income and all other business and clinical purposes for which the data is used.
Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with consultants and their clinical teams to ensure quality and depth of clinical coding is achieved. In order to achieve this, the post holder is required to communicate sometimes highly complex coding r
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