Clinical Coding Trainee Trainer

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Clinical Coding Training and Audit Team as a Clinical Coding Trainer., This post is open to those who wish to start a career as a Clinical Coding Trainer as well as those who may already hold NHS England Approved Clinical Coding Trainer Status.

We will support the successful candidates to work towards achieving NHS England Approved Trainer Status.

We will support the successful candidates to work towards achieving NHS England Approved Trainer Status if not held already.

The post holder will work with our Senior Clinical Coding Trainer to assist in running an efficient and high-quality clinical coding training service across MTW sites.

Ensuring that MTW Clinical Coders receive first class training and in turn support the business needs of the Trust, including Clinical Governance, Information Governance and finance by ensuring accurate translation of medical terminology using ICD & OPCS.

To assist the Coding Trainer in providing comprehensive and appropriate training for all staff within the coding department ensuring they are trained and supervised to achieve coding accreditation.

Supporting Trainee Clinical Coding Analysts in the learning process, mentoring and checking their work.

We will support the successful candidates to work towards achieving NHS England Approved Trainer Status.,

• Working with the Coding Trainer to plan, coordinate and deliver a comprehensive clinical coding training schedule for new employees and continued training and development of existing staff ensuring they operate in accordance with national standards, and to assist in inducting new staff in all relevant processes and methods as carried out by the clinical coding department.


• In conjunction with the Coding Trainer, develop and deliver an ongoing awareness campaign by delivering presentations to small and large groups and attending meetings with clinicians and senior managers across the Trust to promote clinical coding and the importance of good data quality.


• To check trainee coder's work before it is put onto the system and advise and support where coding is incorrect providing training when required.


• To represent the Training & Audit team at clinical coding data quality meetings, presenting coding queries and feeding back at quarterly departmental data quality meetings to the coding teams.


Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.