ACC Clinical Coder + 15% R&R

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking an ACC Clinical Coder to join their Performance & Informatics department. This full-time role involves maintaining high standards of clinical coding, ensuring accuracy, and supporting the management team. The successful candidate will work with clinical staff and participate in enhancing coding services. The position offers a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 a year plus 15% R&R, subject to yearly renewal.

Qualifications

• This position requires adherence to clinical coding standards.
• Verification and validation of coding accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Undertake the role of an ACC Clinical Coder to appropriate clinical groups.
• Maintain high standards of clinical coding data integrity.
• Lead responsibility for complex coding tasks including deceased patients.

Job description

ACC Clinical Coder + 15% R&R

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

The closing date is 30 November 2025

The post holder will be joining our Performance & Informatics (P&I) department which is well respected and the largest of our corporate services. The P&I portfolio encompasses Business Intelligence & Informatics, Information Systems Development, Clinical Coding, Data Quality, Patient Access and Cancer Services. P&I work cross‑functionally to support the Trust’s operational delivery of both national and internal targets which ensures the highest standards of patient care are delivered. A robust Performance Management Framework is embedded across UHCW that tracks and evaluates progress and supports both operational and clinical governance frameworks. New opportunities at a national level are being developed by P&I in areas of health inequality, waiting list management and system working. Most notably working innovatively to develop the ‘Health Equity and the Right to Treatment’ (HEARTT) tool which culminated in being awarded the ‘Innovation and Improvement in Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Award’ at the prestigious Health Service Journal Awards in 2022.

Closing date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake the role of an ACC Clinical Coder to clinical groups or specialties as appropriate, abstracting from patient notes and other information sources and assigning suitable codes onto the Trust's patient administration system in line with National standards.
• Attend training sessions as necessary and work to maintain allocated reference manuals and standards manuals so that they are always up to date with national guidance.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence – University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Take lead responsibility for the coding of complex activity including deceased patients to the highest standard of quality coded data as verified by audit
• Maintain coding accuracy when audited in line with national requirements
• Assist the Management team in validation of coded data and to monitor and report on performance and data quality issues as appropriate
• Organise and take lead responsibility for the cover of absent team members, extraction of clinical information from patients case notes and the coding of this information across a variety of wards and specialties
• Participate in the development and management of coding services to enhance the accuracy of clinical coding
• Exhibit expert knowledge of clinical coding data aspects in support of Payment by Results and participate in the management of the clinical coding service to provide accurate, timely and completed coded clinical data for all episodes of care for all specialties within the Trust using ICD10 and OPCS4
• Support the Deputy Head of Clinical Administration in the development and delivery of training sessions and feedback to clinical coders, clinicians and managers in order to improve the quality of clinical coded data
• Support the Clinical Coding team with answering coding queries from all areas of the Trust as and when required
• Take responsibility for maintaining and continuously developing in depth analysis of clinically coded data. Work closely with the Clinical Coding team in order to ensure that the Trust maximises its quality of coded data whilst conforming to clinical coding rules and conventions
• Feedback and participate in clinical audits or validation work as required by the clinical team to ensure high quality documentation.
• Participate in audits with the Clinical Coding Auditor to ensure that the Trust always has high quality clinically coded data available for the purpose of analysis and income generation
• Respond positively to clinical coding queries from outside the department, ensuring that the information supplied is both accurate and suitable for its intended purpose
• Provide mentor/coaching support to the Clinical Coding trainees to aid development and knowledge.
• Provide clinical coding expertise to clinical staff engaging in clinical forums where required.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Contact

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Location

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

£31,049 to £37,796 a year + 15% R&R (subject to yearly renewal)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time

Reference number

218-AC-B5-7610444

Job locations

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire