Clinical Coding Liaison Lead | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks 2 experienced senior coders to join their Clinical Coding team. Responsibilities include ensuring timely and accurate coding of clinical activities. Candidates must hold an ACC qualification, with at least 2 years experience in diverse medical settings. This role offers flexible remote working options, career development, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience post qualification in clinical coding.
• Broad experience throughout various medical and surgical areas.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Participate in meeting strict local, national and contractual deadlines for clinical coding.
• Enhance accuracy and completeness of clinical coding.
• Provide technical support to coding teams and relevant departments.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Education

ACC qualification

Job description

An opportunity now exists for 2 senior coders to join the Clinical Coding team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The coding teams across the trust work corporately in a rotation of five clinical PODS and are responsible for ensuring a responsive and accurate delivery of Trust activity to sustain trust financial flows and to support the operational and strategic management of the organisation.

You will need to exhibit excellent analytical skills, logic, and a high level of interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written. Flexible in your approach, you must be able to work as a part of the team to tight deadlines. You must be a holder of the ACC qualification, ideally with broad experience throughout a variety of medical and surgical areas in an acute setting with at least 2 years’ experience post qualification.

If the above describes you and your skills and interests then we would welcome your application to this exciting and challenging role.

Remote coding has long been introduced and currently the teams work remotely 3 days a week and are in one of the office locations on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Note; the recruitment and retention premium (RRP) is at 10% on this banding.

• To participate with all team members in meeting strict local, national and contractual deadlines for the assignment of clinical codes using the classifications ICD-10 and OPCS-4, to ensure accurate and timely reimbursement for each patient treated within the trust.
• To enhance the accuracy and completeness of the clinical coding through improved sources of information, engaging clinicians, and the Divisions and relevant departments in particular where it impacts on high cost and complex specialised areas where additional expertise is required.
• Provide professional coding technical support to the coding teams and also SLA, Divisions and Information/ICT and Finance in these and other areas.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025.