Graduate Clinical Coder

The Methodist Church in Britain; Rochdale; Teletrabalho; GBP 26 000 - 36 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Mentoring

Graduate pathway

Performance reviews

Resumo da oferta

Hope Citadel Healthcare in Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale offers a structured graduate clinical coding scheme starting January 2027. The role reads hospital and community correspondence and records clinical content in patient records using SNOMED CT, with mentoring and progression across eleven GP practices.

Candidates will hold a life sciences or health informatics degree and GCSEs in English and Maths at grade 4/C or above, and will train in data quality, governance, and NHS data standards

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, health informatics, or related field.
• GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade 4/C or above.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in documentation.

Responsabilidades

• Review and code clinical correspondence using SNOMED CT.
• Extract information from discharge summaries, clinic letters, diagnostic reports and investigation results.
• Update patient records with diagnoses and treatments.
• Maintain chronic disease registers and data quality.
• Flag medication changes, follow-up needs and new diagnoses to clinicians.
• Collaborate with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and staff on coding queries.
• Support quality improvement projects and data quality reviews.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with UK GDPR and NHS requirements.

Conhecimentos

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Data entry

Data extraction

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

GCSE English and Maths grade 4/C

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This graduate post sits within Hope Citadel Healthcare's Graduate Clinical Coding Scheme, across eleven GP practices serving Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale. The work centres on reading hospital and community correspondence and recording its clinical content in patient records using SNOMED CT, with upkeep of chronic disease registers. It is a structured training scheme with mentoring, starting January 2027, open to graduates from life sciences, health informatics, public health, data science and similar fields. Fit depends on a degree and GCSE English and maths at grade 4/C or above.

What the job involves

• Review and process clinical correspondence from hospitals and other providers, coding relevant information into patient records using SNOMED CT
• Extract clinical information from discharge summaries, clinic letters, diagnostic reports and investigation results
• Update patient records so that diagnoses, procedures, investigations and findings are accurately recorded
• Maintain and validate chronic disease registers, coding long-term conditions accurately and identifying patients for inclusion
• Flag medication changes, follow-up needs, new diagnoses and urgent findings to clinicians through practice workflows
• Identify incomplete or inconsistent records and act to improve data quality
• Take part in data quality reviews, audits and reporting
• Process correspondence within agreed timescales
• Work with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and administrative staff across multiple practices on coding queries and data issues
• Support quality and service improvement projects
• Keep patient information confidential and secure, complying with UK GDPR and NHS requirements
• Complete mandatory information governance and cybersecurity training and follow health and safety policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a life science, health, informatics, analytical or related discipline
• GCSE English Language and Mathematics at grade 4/C or above

Experience

• Attention to detail and accuracy, gained through work, voluntary work, placements, education or extracurricular activities
• Working with information and identifying key details from written documents
• Managing workload effectively and meeting deadlines
• Using IT systems and data entry applications
• Working collaboratively as part of a team

Skills & knowledge

• Maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information appropriately

Nice to have

• Postgraduate study in a healthcare, scientific, informatics or analytical subject
• Additional training in healthcare, data management or information technology---vb---
• Knowledge of NHS structures and primary care services
• Experience in a healthcare, NHS, social care or public sector setting
• Experience reviewing clinical, scientific or technical information, or working with patient record systems and databases
• Knowledge or experience of clinical coding, SNOMED CT or medical terminology
• Quality assurance, auditing, data validation or service improvement experience
• Placement, internship or work experience in healthcare, life sciences, or an administrative or information management role

What’s offered

• Structured graduate development pathway with training in primary care, clinical terminology and informatics
• Ongoing mentoring, structured supervision and regular performance reviews
• Career progression opportunities within Hope Citadel Healthcare and wider primary care