# Clinical Coding Team Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-coding-team-lead/0ae9c3fa-466e-491f-9f14-9ccd7c59674e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-coding-team-lead/0ae9c3fa-466e-491f-9f14-9ccd7c59674e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** Northampton General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Lead (legacy administrative group) - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working available across Monday - Friday within the hours of 6AM - 8PM) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T09:38:52.023Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8226605 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8226605?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Would you like to join our Clinical Coding team as a Band 6 Clinical Coding Team Lead incl. 10% Recruitment & Retainment (R&R) premium? The Clinical Coding service is a part of the Digital Division of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (UHN) and is responsible for extracting and codifying complex clinical information that describes a patient's diagnostic and procedural healthcare status within an episode of care in a timely manner. The ability of the UHN Group to accurately record and codify its clinical activity is fundamental to understanding the quality of its clinical services. Our coded data is used by all parts of the Group's business to deliver trusted and high-quality services to patients. Clinical Coding Team Leads are a core component of the Clinical Coding service and have a crucial supporting role in the overall management of the Group as their output and the output of their coding team directly influences income through the NHS Payment Scheme. ### Main duties of the job As a Clinical Coding Team Lead you will be responsible for leading a team of Associate Clinical Coders, Clinical Coders and Accredited Clinical Coders to codify in a timely manner complex clinical activity according to all relevant National Clinical Coding Standards and Local Clinical Coding Policies. You will work collaboratively with colleagues within the Clinical Coding department and the Clinical Coding Operational Manager to ensure your coding team are supported professionally and achieve relevant Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics via an ongoing process of positive performance management. With the support of Accredited Clinical Coders, you will lead your coding team to achieve the submission of codified data in a timely manner. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for a detailed list of role responsibilities. * Successful applicants will hold a National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) and will therefore be awarded a 10% R&R premium. This premium is paid monthly and is subject to annual review. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to handle challenging conversations - Ability to work positively under time pressures - Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail - Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team. - Excellent interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal - Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure timescales are met - Ability to apply self-learning directive to maintain and develop own skills and knowledge. - Fast and accurate keyboard skills with good IT skills - Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality, the Data Protection Act and Caldicott principles. - Ability to maintain frequent prolonged concentration with a VDU. ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Experience of supervising and line managing colleagues - Expert knowledge of National Clinical Coding Standards as evidenced by audit results and Accredited Clinical Coder status. - Strong knowledge of human anatomy and physiology and medical terminology. - Good level of knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office 365 suite. - Administration and clerical experience in an office environment - Experience with accurate data entry. - Significant experience of working in an Acute NHS Trust or equivalent knowledge. - Experience with hospital and/or clinical information systems. - Knowledge and experience with SNOMED-CT. - Good understanding of the relationship between codified data and HRG allocation and the various uses of codified data across the NHS. - Experience of mentoring colleagues - Basic understanding of Agile Principles. ### Educations, Training and Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Level 6 qualification standard (e.g. degree with honours) or equivalent working experience. - National Clinical Coding Qualification and holds Accredited Clinical Coder status. - Successful completion of a Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Course within the last 3 years. ### Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes **Essential** - Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users - Adaptable to change. - Willingness to undertake training to develop professionally. - A keen interest in data quality. - Capable of handling indirect exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances. - Ability to travel between the Kettering and Northampton Hospital sites and other sites across the Group ## Documents - [uhn jd ps (pdf, 412.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10535831) - [useful links (pdf, 185.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1875) - [code of conduct (pdf, 235.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1872) - [benefits and ngh (pdf, 379.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1874) - [respect and support document (pdf, 207.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1869) - [staff fair processing statement (pdf, 90.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1868) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.