Ready to take your Accredited Clinical Coding career in a new direction? Join CHKS as a Clinical Coding Trainee Auditor and develop your skills, confidence and experience to become one of the next generation of Approved Clinical Coding Auditors.
This is a career-building opportunity for an experienced coder who enjoys being at the forefront of data quality, supporting colleagues to improve by identifying errors, giving assurance to senior leader on the quality of and accuracy of clinical coding and helping organisations improve their data quality. You will be supported through the Clinical Coding Auditor programme while continuing to apply your coding expertise across varied NHS and independent healthcare assignments.
This role is designed as a development pathway for experienced Accredited Clinical Coders who want to move into auditing and wider clinical coding leadership. You will be supported to complete the Clinical Coding Auditor Programme (CCAP) and gain experience that can open future opportunities in clinical coding quality improvement, team leadership or service development.
At CHKS, you will work in a flexible, forward-looking environment where development is taken seriously. You will be part of an experienced, collaborative clinical coding team, contribute to AI-supported coding innovation and play a visible role in improving coding quality and healthcare information.
What you will be doing
- Undertake supervised coding quality checks and case-level reviews, developing confidence in audit methodology and evidence-based assessment.
- Prepare clear, constructive feedback and audit reports that help individuals and teams understand strengths, learning opportunities and areas for improvement.
- Identify themes, trends and opportunities to improve coding quality, accuracy and consistency.
- Contribute to audit action plans and wider quality improvement activity across CHKS and our client organisations.
- Support the delivery of CHKS clinical coding services for NHS and private healthcare providers, including coding from patient records supplied by our clients.
- Work across a blended role that includes:
- remote coding from home;
- onsite coding and trainee auditing at a local private hospital when required, with travel expenses paid;
- contribution to AI-supported clinical coding activity.
- Raise coding queries or source documentation issues with the onsite hospital NHS lead or other nominated contact in a clear and timely way.
- Work collaboratively with CHKS Clinical Coding Team Leaders and colleagues to resolve coding queries and share learning.
- Support a variety of coding assignments, giving you exposure to a broad range of clients, specialties and working environments.
- Maintain completeness, timeliness, accuracy and consistency of clinical coding, whether working remotely or on client sites.
- Apply national clinical coding conventions and procedures as defined by the Coding Classifications Service.
- Represent CHKS professionally and positively, providing a reliable, high-quality coding and audit service.
- Attend remote clinical coding training workshops every two months to support ongoing learning and professional development.
What you’ll bring (Essential Criteria)
- Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification.
- At least three years’ post-accreditation experience as a clinical coder.
- Recent attendance at a clinical coding refresher course.
- Experience of coding across a broad range of clinical specialties.
- Knowledge of Data Security and Protection Toolkit and patient confidentiality requirements.
- A proactive approach to quality, audit, learning and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a supportive team.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear, constructive feedback and work with colleagues at different levels.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365.
- An interest in developing your career in clinical coding audit, leadership or management within CHKS.
It would also be great if you have (Desirable Criteria)
- Experience checking work of colleagues.
- Interest in developing your career in clinical coding audit or management within CHKS.
- Curiosity about how technology and AI-supported coding can help improve clinical coding services.
Working pattern
- Full-time, predominantly home-based, with some onsite work depending on client requirements
- A clear development pathway into clinical coding auditing, with structured support and feedback.
- Predominantly home-based working, with a laptop supplied.
- Paid travel expenses for required onsite work.
- Ongoing learning opportunities to keep your skills current and your career moving forward.
- Support from an experienced, approachable and collaborative clinical coding team.
- Exposure to NHS and independent healthcare clients across a range of specialties.
- The chance to be part of quality improvement, training development and AI-supported coding innovation.
- A role with purpose, where your expertise helps others grow and strengthens the quality of healthcare data.
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