Senior Clinical Coder

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The closing date is 12 July 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Coding department at Hampshire Hospitals for an ACC qualified coder. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and motivation to join our well established and busy Clinical Coding Department.

As an Accredited Clinical Coder, you will have experience of coding a variety of specialties that occur within an acute NHS organisation. You will have a flexible and adaptable approach to work and strive to create accurate clinically coded data, embracing the national clinical coding standards, rules, and conventions, to ensure the Trust data is sufficiently robust.

This role attracts a recruitment and retention premium of 20% of the basic annual salary.

Please only apply if you hold the ACC qualification.

The Clinical Coding team work hard to provide an efficient, reliable, and effective service to the Trust in order to provide data on the Trust's clinical activities, by abstracting information from various clinical documents and translating into diagnostic and procedure codes. The post holder will be responsible for managing the volume of uncoded activity in assigned specialties against agreed deadlines, and will also be required to participate in coding audits and assist in the provision of high-quality information required by the Trust in a timely and accurate manner.

• Knowledge of medical terminology anatomical and physiological terms acquired through work based training
• Science (Biology preferably) GCSE Grade C or above; or equivalent knowledge
• Knowledge of coding procedures and conventions, including all specialties in an NHS Acute Hospital environment
• Desirable Knowledge of encoding systems e.g. Medicode LE
• Knowledge of Patient Administration Systems

• Analytical and judgemental skills so that you can deal with a broad range of complex activities and questions.
• Ability to give judgement when opinions are divided when coding complex cases or previously un‑coded procedures.
• Excellent communications skills including ability to relate to people at all levels within the organisation.
• Ability to understand, interpret and retain complex clinical written information.
• Prioritise workload in line with personal and team targets.
• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.

• Able to facilitate effective communication between multi‑disciplinary teams and non‑health care individuals.
• High level of analytical and problem solving skills.
• Able to assimilate and disseminate information.
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise and organise workload to deal with competing demands whilst meeting challenging deadlines.
• Able to frequently concentrate for prolonged periods.
• Ability to deal effectively with frequent interruptions.

• Self‑motivated with the ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight timescales.
• Able to prioritise commitments.
• Ability to motivate, train and develop others.

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.

Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year (pro rata)

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full‑time

Reference number: 251‑CORP
9984‑SCC

Job locations:
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital