MNSI Clinical Coding Specialist

Salary: Agenda for Change, Band 6 - £37,338 plus high-cost area supplement where this applies to the home location.

Contracted Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week, however, compressed or job-sharing hours may be considered.

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 3rd February 2025 at 11.59pm

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind?  For 3,000+ people at the CQC, we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact on health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you….

The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation Programme is part of a national strategy to improve maternity across the NHS in England.

The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigation (MNSI) programme, formerly the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) maternity programme, moved to be hosted by the CQC on the 1st of October 2023.

The maternity programme commenced under HSIB in April 2018, following the request from the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The programme is part of the overall national maternity ambition to improve maternity safety and reduce harm by 50% by 2025. The programme was fully rolled out across England by April 2019. In 2022, a commitment was made to continue the programme for a further 5 years, there are currently 3 years of this term remaining.

What we can offer you...

- 27 days’ annual leave, rising with service to 29-33 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development, along with the support of experienced managers and mentors. 

We want to make working for MNSI a great experience for everyone and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality Network.

What you will bring…

The post holder will work to ensure the data which MNSI holds is recorded in a consistent manner and will support the improvement of clinical documentation and accurate, timely coding of clinical data.

The role sits within a small business services team that provides operational support to the maternity programme.

The post holder will be responsible for the ownership of the clinical coding process and themes within the organisation and, as the sole employee within the team with this specialist skill set, you will be the subject matter expert. The post holder will be used to a fast-paced, changing landscape and able to prioritise workloads, as well as address the needs of the business.

Reporting to the Investigation Systems Manager, you will provide support to the programme in the identification, development and ongoing maintenance of a clinical coding structure. You will work closely with the programme and form strong relationships with other relevant teams.

The post holder will lead MNSI’s clinical and thematic coding work and develop and deliver training on coding standards across the MNSI programme.

For an informal discussion or further information on the role, please contact Haidi McDonald, Investigation Systems Manager.

Individual adjustments...

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the recruitment team.

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

For this role, we are particularly encouraging people from ethnically diverse communities and people with a disability to apply, who are currently under-represented at this level in the organisation.