Senior Clinical Coding Specialist

About The Role Team – Clinical Leadership Team Working Pattern – Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or Stockport Offices. Full time, 35 hours per week.  We are happy to discuss flexible working! Top 3 skills needed for this role: Clinical Coding experience Clinical or Private medical insurance knowledge Data Management e.g.- Advanced Excel skillsWhat this role is all about: As a Senior Clinical Coding Specialist in the Clinical Coding team, you will leverage your expertise in clinical coding to ensure the accurate and comprehensive coding of clinical information. This role is pivotal in supporting clinical risk management and optimising business processes throughout the Vitality Health and Life member journeys. In addition to your coding responsibilities, you will manage and oversee the clinical coding team, ensuring high standards of performance and professional development. You will also be responsible for the overall quality and accuracy of the team’s output. Furthermore, you will deputise for the Head of Clinical Coding as needed, taking on leadership duties and contributing to strategic planning and decision-making. Key Actions Team Management and Leadership: Support the Head of Clinical Coding in managing the Clinical Coding Team and other senior functions. Lead and mentor the team, including oversight and co-ordination of team activities, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Deputise for the Head of Clinical Coding, ensuring seamless operations and decision-making in their absence. Represent Vitality Health at industry groups such as CCSD.Clinical Coding Expertise: Drive the consistent and accurate use of clinical codes to ensure the correct capture of clinical information for the assessment of claims, and for robust reporting and analytics. Support the creation and maintenance of reference data for all clinical codes used in the Health and Life businesses, in line with clinical risk management principles. Act as a subject matter expert, liaising with internal teams to facilitate data analysis, system, and process changes. Provide second-line support to operational areas for complex queries requiring specialised coding input. Develop and deliver training programs to enhance the clinical coding skills and knowledge within the team and the wider businesses.What do you need to thrive? Clinical Expertise: Demonstrated clinical experience or understanding of disease processes and clinical treatment pathways. Coding and Risk Management: Advanced knowledge and understanding of the role that coding of clinical information plays in clinical risk management in the UK medical and life insurance industry. Insurance Knowledge: Excellent understanding and working experience of private medical insurance products. Leadership Experience: Previous leadership or team management experience. Data Expertise: Skilled in working with and analysing clinical coding data, including experience with data management tools (e.g., Excel and SQL databases) and code mapping. Analytical Skills: Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities. Performance Track Record: History of excellent performance in previous roles. Team Collaboration: Strong team player with relationship-building skills, able to motivate, enthuse and influence others. Professional Integrity: Commitment to maintaining high professional standards. Multitasking Ability: Effective at multitasking and prioritising activities.So, what’s in it for you? Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance. A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary. Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits. Life Assurance – Four times annual salary.These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities! If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will: Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be. Give you the space to try, fail and learn. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits. Be there for you when you need us. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy. About The Company We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024! Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.   Diversity & Inclusion We’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page. Vitality’s approach to sustainability Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.  If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early