Clinical Coding Data Validation Manager

at  East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder is responsible for working with clinical leads to undertake validation of coded data as the patient level, providing verbal and written feedback to support and improve data quality, the depth of coding and the quality of source documents available to clinical coders. This will include delivering coding awareness sessions to clinicians and attending specialty meetings. As the Data Validation Manager, the post holder will be responsible for maintaining a productive working relationship with clinicians. As part of this they will have to communicate the impact of complex interactions of clinical codes in the PbR framework and negotiate with the clinicians to improve the clinical documentation.
Meet demanding coding quality targets (distinct and competing measures of accuracy, depth, sequencing, timeliness and completeness) to ensure correct Trust income. The post holder will work with the Audit and Training Manager to carry out internal audits monthly and quarterly to measure the quality of the coded data to ensure compliance with National Clinical Coding Standard

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