Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Ad-hoc
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 374-TWS-Clinical-Coding
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross site
- Town
- East Sussex
- Salary
- £16.42 £16.42 per hour + WTD
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 13/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
TWS Accredited Clinical Coding Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 5
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to over half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £650 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. Conquest Hospital and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’.
Our two acute hospitals have emergency departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. Our centre for trauma services and obstetrics is at Conquest Hospital, while our centre for urology and stroke services is at Eastbourne DGH. At Bexhill Hospital we offer a range of outpatient, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we offer outpatients, rehabilitation and intermediate services. At Uckfield Community Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient care.
In the community, we deliver services that focus on people with long term conditions living well outside hospital, through our integrated locality teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.
Job overview
We are seeking ACC qualified coders with enthusiasm and motivation to join our Temporary Workforce Services (TWS) to support our extremely busy Clinical Coding Department.
The post holder will have responsibility for the clinical coding of all acute specialties, by abstracting clinical data from the patients records and translating it into diagnostic (ICD10) and procedure (OPCS) coding classifications.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Coding Team performs an extremely important role in the information and financial flows of the Trust and is a source of healthcare data for the Department of Health (DOH) and World Health Organisation (WHO).
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.
We are a centralised coding team with coding offices on two sites. We are able to consider remote working for the role.
Our source documentation for coding is a mix of paper and electronic documents, emphasising moving towards a fully electronic patient record.
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at Conquest Hopsital and Eastbourne District General Hospital, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description.
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.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- 1+ Years experience as a Clinical Coder following foundation training
- Experience working in NHS or other relevant Healthcare service
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using encoding/Hospital systems
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general education to GCSE level with Maths and English
- Relevant NVQ3 / A levels or equivalent
- To have obtained a pass in the National Clinical Coding Qualification
- Evidence of attendance of a nationally approved refresher training course within last 3 years of employment
- Evidence of attendance on nationally approved specialty workshops
Desirable criteria
- Degree in Sciences/Biology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ciara Adam
- Job title
- TWS Office Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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