Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Coding Transformation and Development Manager
The closing date is 23 November 2026

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical coding professional to join the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) as our Clinical Coding Transformation & Development Manager.

Our people are our future, and investing in their development is a key priority. You'll bring ideas to life and shape a service spanning specialties from obstetrics and neonates to neurosurgery and major trauma.

Working with the Clinical Coding Service Lead, Operations Manager, Liaison Specialists and audit and training teams, you'll lead agreed transformation and service development, improve processes, optimise digital systems and lead agreed automation projects.

You'll engage colleagues and stakeholders, turn complex requirements into practical plans and evaluate results, supporting coding quality, productivity, staff development and backlog reduction.

You must hold the National Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC), with substantial acute clinical coding experience and a successful record of improving coding processes, systems or working practices. Strong leadership, communication, organisational and engagement skills are essential.

What we offer:

• Flexibility: home working and flexi-time, subject to service needs.
• Opportunity: lead change, build your transformation portfolio and influence digital innovation.
• Community: a collaborative team in one of the largest NHS trusts.

If you're ready to turn ideas into lasting improvements, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job
The Clinical Coding Transformation & Development Manager will lead agreed transformation and service development across the Trust's Clinical Coding Service. They will identify improvement opportunities, assess options and risks, coordinate delivery and evaluate outcomes to ensure changes are effective, practical and sustainable.

The post holder will lead optimisation of clinical coding systems and processes, including agreed automation projects, digital innovation, encoder developments and the Clinical Coding contribution to Electronic Patient Record readiness. The role will translate complex requirements and emerging opportunities into deliverable plans that improve coding quality, productivity and service resilience.

Working with the Clinical Coding Service Lead, Operations Manager, Clinical Coding Liaison Specialists and audit and training teams, the post holder will engage colleagues and stakeholders in developing and embedding new ways of working. The role will lead development and maintenance of Clinical Coding policies, procedures and supporting resources, aligning improvements with service objectives and organisational requirements.

They will plan and deliver a varied transformation and development portfolio, coordinating dependencies, managing deadlines and escalating risks where required. This work will support sustainable improvements in staff experience, coding processes and operational performance, including control and reduction of the coding backlog.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number: 236-DIG-AC308-26
Job locations: NCA Wide (all sites), Stott Lane, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• GCSE or equivalent in English, Maths and a science subject.
• Degree or equivalent gained through clinical coding specialist knowledge.
• National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) UK and subsequent refresher courses

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification.
• Clinical Coding Trainer programme or working towards.
• Clinical Coding Audit qualification or working towards
• FEDIP
• IHRIM

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential

• Experience of clinical coding in an acute NHS Trust.
• Experience of taking responsibility for improvements to clinical coding processes, systems or working practices, including coordinating agreed actions and reviewing outcomes.
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Payment Scheme.
• In-depth knowledge of ICD10 and OPCS covering a broad range of specialties.
• Knowledge of anatomy.
• Knowledge of electronic patient records and clinical applications used to access and extract information for coding, and of encoder management.
• Presentation skills.
• Able to demonstrate leadership values.
• Flexible working to meet the demands of the service.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to identify opportunities for service improvement, coordinate agreed changes and evaluate their effectiveness.

Desirable

• Budget management.
• Experience of supporting or delivering service improvement, transformation or project management activities.
• Proven leadership or management experience within a clinical coding service.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: NCA Wide (all sites), Stott Lane, Salford, Greater Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Coding Service Lead, Steven Bibbing, Steven.Bibbing@nca.nhs.uk, 07443524814

Supporting documents
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