Accredited Clinical Coder

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym

Active health and wellbeing programme

On-site nursery

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Accredited Clinical Coder with NCCQ status, offering remote coding options. The role focuses on translating clinical information into coded data according to national standards and Trust guidelines, supporting accurate hospital coding and reporting.

The successful applicant will contribute to high-quality patient data, work within the Corporate Division, and engage with flexible working arrangements while upholding the Trust values and safeguarding

Qualifications

• Must have passed NCCQ and hold Accredited Clinical Coder status.
• Translate clinical information from patient records into coded format per standards.
• Follow NHS Trust guidelines and coding standards.

Responsibilities

• Translate clinical information from patient records into coded data per standards.
• Ensure coding aligns with National and International Coding Standards.
• Adhere to Trust guidelines and participate in ongoing quality assurance.

Skills

Clinical coding

Education

National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ)

Accredited Clinical Coder status

Job description

Accredited Clinical Coder (Remote coding availability)

Division: Corporate

Care Group: Strategy, Governance and Performance

Band: 6

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

We are recruiting for an Accredited Clinical Coder who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The successful post holder will be expected to have passed the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ) and hold Accredited Clinical Coder status.

As a Clinical Coder you will ensure that all clinical information from patient records is translated into a coded format in accordance with National and International Clinical Coding Standards and Trust guidelines.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply with the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chris Carter Job title: Head of Clinical Coding Email address: [e-mail]