Clinical Coder

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The closing date is 12 March 2026

Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust is investing in its Clinical Coding Department and is looking to recruit an experienced Clinical Coder to join our well-established team.

To apply you must have at least 2 years' experience in coding using ICD 10 & OPCS classifications as well as having an excellent knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology.

The Clinical Coding department has its own Working from Home Local Agreement which gives the candidate the opportunity to work remotely, this is available upon request dependent on certain Trust and Department criteria.

The Clinical Coding Team is responsible for the extraction and translation of inpatient information using the ICD-10 and OPCS-4 Coding Classifications. This information is essential for the effective management of the Trust and crucial to the National Tariff Payment System that underpins Trust income. Coded data is also important for clinical audit, governance, and research.

As part of the role, you will be expected to interact with clinicians, operational staff and have responsibility for your own workload whilst maintaining accurate clinical coding quality.

Please contact:

Rachel Franklin, Clinical Coding Operational Manager on

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

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Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH You Tube channel.

The Clinical Coding Team is responsible for the extraction and translation of inpatient information using the ICD-10 and OPCS-4 Coding Classifications. This information is essential for the effective management of the Trust and crucial to the National Tariff Payment System that underpins Trust income. Coded data is also important for clinical audit, governance, and research.

As part of the role, you will be expected to interact with clinicians, operational staff and have responsibility for your own workload whilst maintaining accurate clinical coding quality.

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who is an experienced Clinical Coder to progress their career further.

• Presentable
• Articulate
• Positive approach
• Logical approach
• Organised
• Work on own initiative
• Good time management
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Reliable
• Good interpersonal/team skills
• Ability to relate appropriately to various professional groups within the Trust to include clinicians, medical, management and admin staff
• Ability to relate appropriately with external agencies, e.g. Coroners office
• Ability to liaise appropriately with patients when required.
• Knowledge of Electronic Patient Record Systems (EPR)
• Knowledge of Hospital Intranet
• NHS Experience
• Customer focused outlook
• Ability to translate information from a variety of sources using clinical coding rules into ICD
  10 diagnoses codes and OPCS 4.10 procedure codes
• GCSE 'C' grade or equivalent in English and Maths
• Interest to develop knowledge of medical terminology
• Ongoing learning and development aspirations
• Ability to deal with indirect exposure to disturbing photographs and case notes about abuse and terminally ill patients.
• Completion of the Clinical coding Standards course
• Calm temperament
• Ability to write reports
• Knowledge of other hospital databases e.g. Data Cam
• GSCE Biology/Human Biology or Basic Physiology and Anatomy qualification
• NCCQ National Clinical Coding Qualification

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust