Placing Talent are pleased to be working with a large NHS Trust who are looking to recruit a motivated Accredited Clinical Coder (Band-5) or experienced Non-Accredited Clinical Coder (Band-4) to join their clinical coding team on a permanent basis.
The role on offer is a fantastic opportunity for an individual looking to enhance their clinical coding skills and work alongside a collaborative team of clinical coding professionals seeking to deliver the best outcomes for the Trust. This role is fully remote.
- Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 (Band-5) / £27,485 - £30,162 (Band-4)
- Start Date: As soon as possible.
- Hours: Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours during core working hours.
- Region: East of England (remote)
Specialities but not limited to
General Medicine, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Elderly, Paediatrics, Respiratory, Cardiology, Dermatology.
Systems
Medicode (Encoder), Lorenzo (PAS), the Trust is moving over to a new EPR system in October 2025 known as EPIC.
Overview of responsibilities
- To abstract and analyse complex clinical information from patient records and translate this into a coded format in line with National Standards.
- To have a high level of knowledge of Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology.
- To enter the final encoded data onto the appropriate computer systems to meet essential Trust requirements for statutory information and payment flows.
- The post holder will work as part of a team of experienced trained and trainee staff and the job will involve rotation between duties working on all specialties.
- Deal with enquiries from all parts of the hospital.
- Locate source documents; read histology, cytology and radiology reports.
- Analyse complex medical information from paper documents and via other computer systems.
- Ensure that patient records are processed in the correct manner and tracked to appropriate destinations using the computer tracking system.
- Act as mentor and assist in the education of less experienced coders.
- To be aware of wider information and patient administration service systems.
- To ensure that computer and paper records are passed for remedial action or processed in the correct manner.
Essential Criteria
- National Clinical Coding Qualification if ACC.
- Up-to-date Clinical Coding Standards Refresher Course attendance.
- All applicants must complete a coding assessment to demonstrate suitability for the role.
- Three years + UK clinical coding experience within an acute NHS setting.
- Experience coding a range of surgical and medical specialties.
- Available to work 37.5 hours per week across Monday - Friday.