Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 230-22444453-CORP-G
- Employer
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- George Eliot Hospital
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Accredited Clinical Coder
NHS AfC: Band 5
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.
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Job overview
Senior Accredited Clinical Coder
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Closing Date: 27th October 2025
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills to join our Clinical Coding Team. As a Senior Clinical Coder, you will perform a vital function as part of the Trust's Information and Performance Service to ensure that the clinical coding team functions effectively.
We also offer a limited Working from Home Rota and are working towards implementing an EPR system, creating the opportunity for further flexible working.
Main duties of the job
- We are looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals with excellent clinical coding, analytical and organisational skills to join our friendly team.
- You will have successfully passed the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) and have a minimum of 2 years post qualification coding experience.
- Experience of coding across multiple specialities is essential with the ability to mentor less experienced coders.
- You will be able to work to strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and in accordance with national standards and requirements of clinical coding
- Planning and prioritising own and others workload to ensure that agreed deadlines are met is a must.
- Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology is essential.
*Successful applicants will hold a National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) and will therefore be awarded a 15% R&R premium. This premium is paid monthly and is subject to annual review*
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To accurately abstract and interpret clinical information from clinical records for both inpatient and outpatient activities.
- To translate clinical information using ICD-10 and OPCS4 classifications and input the data onto the patient administration system.
- To be fully conversant with the relevant publications of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures (OPCS4).
- Planning and prioritising own and others workload to ensure that agreed deadlines are met.
- To work with the Clinical Coding Manager to ensure all coding timescales are met.
- To assist the Clinical Coding Manager/Clinical Coding Auditor/Clinical Coding Trainer on preparation of local agreements and coding policies.
- To liaise with clinicians to deal with complicated enquiries regarding clinical coding. Escalate on-going coding challenges to the Clinical Coding Manager.
- To communicate effectively with clinicians, nurses, non-clinical staff, and managers both internal and external to the trust on clinical coding issues which require clinical coding input.
- Work closely with the division and advise on data recording practices to ensure clinical coding accurately reflects care delivered.
- To act as the lead contact with the designated division and associated specialties, working with both clinical and operational managers to resolve coding queries, and communicate complex coding rules and standards to ensure accuracy and consistency of information
- Team leader responsibility and would require that the post holder to provide internal training and support to junior clinical coding members.
- To participate in regular training to ensure that coding/leadership skills are continually being broadened and updated, by attending specialty workshops and in-house training as outlined in personal development plan. Be responsible for maintaining own portfolio of evidence.
- To participate in the departmental process for appraisal and personal development, ensuring that mandatory training is completed as appropriate.
- Assist in documenting and managing annual leave and sickness.
- Assist in the maintenance of a team based working environment including the appraisal of junior clinical coding staff.
- Embrace new ways of working and new technology.
- To monitor stock levels within the department and to place orders as required and in the absence of the department Manager
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive Clinical Coding experience in an acute hospital trust
- Excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Working knowledge of the National Tariff System & Healthcare Resource Group
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent qualification and experience in health information
- Coaching and/or mentoring experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to motivate and influence a range of professionals
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise several competing demands
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex medical information, attention to detail
- Excellent IT skills including a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and Outlook
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited Clinical Coder - Pass or Distinction from the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ)
- Clinical Coding Standards Course (Completed)
Desirable criteria
- Attained Accredited Clinical Coder status for a minimum of 2 years
- Attended Clinical Coding Refresher Course within the last 3 years
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Cope
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476 865710
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