Accredited Clinical Coder​/Clinical Coder

Main area Clinical Coding
- Corporate Support Grade 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday flexible hours from 07:00 am) Job
-C-8005417

Employer North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Hinchingbrooke Hospital Town Huntingdon Salary £28,392 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/07/2026 23:59

Accredited Clinical Coder/Experienced Clinical Coder

Are you an IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder or experienced Clinical Coder working within an acute NHS hospital setting?

The Clinical Coding team at our hospital site Hinchingbrooke are looking to recruit to our substantive team of multi-skilled specialist Clinical Coders. The ideal candidate will be ACC qualified with experience in coding a broad range of clinical specialties.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clinicians and all relevant support staff to ensure our coded data reflects accurately the care of our patients. Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential in this role as is good working knowledge of medical terminology and human anatomy across a range of clinical specialties. You will be responsible for managing your own workload each day within the usual deadlines for submission of data.

We would welcome applications from experienced clinical coders (Band
4) without the IHRIM qualification with the option to study towards the National Clinical Coding Qualification.

Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential as is a good working knowledge of national clinical coding standards, medical terminology and human anatomy.

Translation of clinical information into diagnostic and procedure codes from patient health records scanned on to an electronic document management system and variety of other electronic sources.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clinicians and all relevant support staff to ensure our coded data reflects accurately the care of our patients.

Conduct validation exercises as required with the responsible Consultant to ensure correct assignment of diagnostic and procedure codes and to identify gaps in clinical documentation to support clinical coding.

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.

• IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder
• Educated to A Level qualifications in sciences e.g. Biology or equivalent knowledge acquired through work based training
• AMSPAR Certificate in Medical Terminology

• Ability to code all specialties
• Communicate complex coding rules to clinical and non-clinical staff and external agencies
• Experience of working as a clinical coder in the NHS
• Use of hospital administrative and clinical systems
• Demonstrate an understanding of clinical coding and its uses
• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomical and physiological terms
• Attendance at Clinical Coding refresher workshops

• Analytical & judgemental skills
• Ability to abstract relevant clinical information for coding
• Ability to communicate complex information to clinical and administrative staff
• Planning and organisational skills
• Operate on own initiative
• Undertake background research to achieve accurate coding
• Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

This vacancy may close earlier if it received a high number of applications and therefore we recommend that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.