# Clinical Coding Team Leader

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** Sandwell Health Campus
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 + 15% R&R
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 8-4)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-02T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:10:45.301Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/West_Bromwich/Sandwell_West_Birmingham_NHS_Trust/Clinical_Coding/Clinical_Coding-v8240459
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8240459?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.swbh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The collection and interpretation of descriptions of patient diagnoses and procedural events and the classification of these descriptions using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and the Office of Population Census and Surveys Classification (OPCS 4). This covers all inpatient care across the Trust.

Continued improvement of anatomy and physiology skills and medical terminology to enhance knowledge of the National clinical coding rules and conventions.

### Main duties of the job

Work with the Clinical Coding Manager/Deputy Clinical Coding Manager to implement day to day organisation of the clinical coding department workload to ensure targets are met and a high quality service is delivered.

Mentor Clinical Coding Team Members

Validate coded data to ensure compliance with national standards

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Carry out training programmes and validation of coded data as required by the Clinical Coding Manager/Deputy Clinical Coding Manager.

Supervise and support coding of more complex cases on a regular basis, taking an active role in the resolution of coding queries.

Complete clinical coding to the highest standard and including complex specialties to meet national deadlines.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive clinical codng experience
- Managerial experience
- Experience of applying complex rules and regulations to descriptions written by medical staff
- Experience of undertaking coding audits.
- Data Entry skills
- Ability to assimilate and interpret complex information
- Proven Accuracy

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- NCCQ
- GCSE or equivalent grade c or above in biology

**Desirable**

- Clinical Codng Audit Qualification

## Documents

- [swb- sustainability (pdf, 49.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2657)
- [candidate briefing pack (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2982)
- [swb reward & recognition guide (pdf, 704.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2604)
- [ps - clinical coding team leader (pdf, 48.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551256)
- [jd - clinical coding team leader (pdf, 227.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551255)
- [flexible working document – healthier futures (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2437)

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