Clinical Coding Manager

As the Clinical Coding Department Manager, you will be responsible for the daily running of the Clinical Coding Teams across both the UHW (Cardiff) and UHL (Llandough) sites, whilst ensuring that departmental objectives are achieved.
In addition to this you will support the Head of Clinical Coding in strategic service development and the implementation of a robust training and audit program within the UHB. The successful candidate will also be expected to engage with services and clinicians to make operational improvements, aligned to the plans for service collaboration as led by the Head of Clinical Coding.
Ideal candidates should have passed the National Clinical Coding Qualification to become an Accredited Clinical Coder., + Daily management of the Clinical Coding team across both UHW and UHL sites.
+ Support the Head of Clinical Coding in the development and implementation of various service improvement projects.
+ To identify the training needs of staff within the department and to organise and facilitate appropriate training where needed.
+ To cover absences within the management team.
+ To deliver on departmental, UHB and national coding targets
+ To manage Health & Safety within the clinical coding department
+ Any other duties in keeping with the effective management of the Clinical Coding Department as directed by the Head of Clinical Coding. (Detailed job description below), To effectively manage staff under the guidance of UHB policies and procedures. This will include managing sickness within the Clinical Coding Department, counselling and supporting staff in respect of performance and training and developmental needs etc.
To establish and maintain a comprehensive appraisal/Personal development programme (PDP) for all staff, in collaboration with the Head of Clinical Coding, paying particular attention to the recruitment and retention of staff.
To ensure that service objectives are met, within the UHB performance management framework.
To ensure that local coding policies are regularly reviewed and updated, ensuring consistency with Data Quality at national standards and local policies.
To identify the training needs of staff within the department and to devise and implement a programme of training and/or liaise with external training companies.
To ensure that all staff who assign clinical codes have attended a recognised course in clinical coding and to provide support for staff taking the National Clinical Coding Qualification.
To devise and implement a Clinical Coding Audit Programme in conjunction with the Head of Clinical Coding, in order to continually assess the quality of clinical coding within the UHB, developing action plans to make improvements and/or resolve issues wherever necessary.
Ensure adherence to national standards and agreed protocols, ensuring that in-depth coding is taken from the medical record in accordance with UHB policy.
To evaluate and implement any recommendations arising from specific clinical coding/data quality audits in conjunction with the Head of Clinical Coding.
To devise a programme in conjunction with the Clinical Coding Management Team, to raise awareness and to educate clinicians and Directorate staff on all aspects of Clinical Coding and its contribution to the clinical management and business of the UHB.
To provide Clinical Coding Awareness presentations to clinicians and managers.
To undertake routine data quality audits as directed by the Head of Clinical Coding.
In liaison with the clinical analysts, and information colleagues undertake specific coding information projects to support the Clinical Governance agenda.
To review as appropriate operational procedures, ensuring compliance with Digital Healthcare Wales and CfH guidance and data dictionary definitions on an ongoing basis in co-operation with key managers and colleagues.
Ensure proposed developments are consistent with current ICD-10 and OPCS manuals, applying rules and conventions to agreed standards.
Communicate the outcomes of clinical coding audit activity and the resulting changes in practice throughout the UHB.
Identify coding trends and issues pertinent to clinical audit and advise Clinical Governance agendas accordingly.
To manage Health and Safety within the Clinical Coding Environment and to liaise with the Health Records Manager.
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated. We aim to create a working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential no matter their disability, sex, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity or marriage and civil partnership status. We are keen to break down barriers in the UHB, and encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together". We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board's Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
+ We are kind and caring
+ We are respectful
+ We have trust and integrity
+ We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today's illnesses
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable., Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.