Remote Senior Clinical Coder *£2,000 Incentive*

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking skilled Accredited Clinical Coders to join their Clinical Coding Team. Responsibilities include abstracting clinical information, entering data accurately, and mentoring trainees. Candidates should possess clinical coding experience and a relevant qualification. The role supports full home working and offers various benefits including training and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical coding across all specialties.
• Medical terminology and anatomy knowledge essential.
• Two years of clinical coding experience.

Responsibilities

• Abstract and analyze complex clinical information from patient records.
• Enter encoded data onto computer systems to meet Trust requirements.
• Assist in the education of less experienced coders.

Skills

Clinical coding experience

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Ability to analyze complex records

Education

Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC)

5 GCSE's including English & Maths

Tools

Microsoft Office

PAS or equivalent system

Excel spreadsheets

Job description

Job summary

This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £2,000 pro rata (conditions apply)

We are seeking to recruit skilled, dedicated, committed and accomplished Accredited Clinical Coders to join our established Clinical Coding Team at the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust (ESNEFT).

We are looking for candidates with clinical coding experience across all specialties in an acute setting and with desire to further their career.

The department has an established internal Clinical Coding Audit Program and offers comprehensive training for all coders with help developing existing skills and learning new ones.

You will require excellent communication skills, organisation skills and to be able to work as part of a team to deliver timely and accurate coded data to meet the Trusts deadlines.

Full Home Working is available and can be discussed at interview

Main duties of the job

• To abstract and analyse complex clinical information from patient records and translate this into a coded format in line with National Standards. To have a high level of knowledge of Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology.
• To enter the final encoded data onto the appropriate computer systems to meet essential Trust requirements for statutory information and payment flows.
• You will work as part of a team of experienced trained and trainee staff and the job will involve rotation between duties working on all specialties.
• Deal with enquiries from all parts of the hospital. Locate source documents; read histology, cytology and radiology reports.
• Analyse complex medical information from paper documents and via other computer systems.
• Ensure that patient records are processed in the correct manner and tracked to appropriate destinations using the computer tracking system.
• Act as mentor and assist in the education of less experienced coders.
• To be aware of wider information and patient administration service systems.
• To ensure that computer and paper records are passed for remedial action or processed in the correct manner.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Details

• Date posted: 28 October 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 432-HR817-25
• Job locations: Colchester / Ipswich
• Postcode: CO4 5JL

Person Specification Qualifications

• 5 GCSE's including English & Maths or equivalent level of attainment.
• Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC).

Desirable

• GCSE Human Sciences or equivalent level of attainment
• ECDL

Experience Essential

• Substantial Clinical Coding expertise across all specialties and levels of complexity, to be proven either by an acceptable portfolio of evidence or sitting an internal examination.
• Medical Terminology; Anatomy and Physiology;
• PAS or equivalent system
• Good experience of Microsoft Office
• Two years experience

Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Ability to analyse and abstract complex records
• Attention to detail
• Keyboard skills and data entry
• Excel spreadsheets
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels

Disclosures 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.

Employer details

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester / Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/