Senior Clinical Coder

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK seeks an ACC qualified coder for its Clinical Coding Department in Basingstoke. The ideal candidate will possess experience coding various specialties and have a flexible, adaptable approach. Responsibilities include managing uncoded activities and participating in coding audits to ensure high-quality data. This role offers a recruitment and retention premium of 20% of the basic annual salary, contributing to a robust clinical coding framework supporting Business Intelligence and Finance teams.

Benefits

20% recruitment and retention premium

Qualifications

• Experience coding a variety of specialties within an acute NHS organisation.
• Ability to create accurate clinically coded data.

Responsibilities

• Manage uncoded activity in assigned specialties against deadlines.
• Assist in coding audits and provide high-quality information in a timely manner.

Skills

Flexible approach

Adaptability

Experience in coding

Education

ACC qualified or equivalent

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Coding department at Hampshire Hospitals for an ACC qualified coder. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and motivation to join our well established and busy Clinical Coding Department.

As an Accredited Clinical Coder, you will have experience of coding a variety of specialties that occur within an acute NHS organisation. You will have a flexible and adaptable approach to work and strive to create accurate clinically coded data, embracing the national clinical coding standards, rules, and conventions, to ensure the Trust data is sufficiently robust.

This role attracts a recruitment and retention premium of 20% of the basic annual salary. Clinical Coding is a unique department within NHS Hospitals supporting Business Intelligence and Finance teams within Hampshire Hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the volume of uncoded activity in assigned specialties against agreed deadlines.
• Participate in coding audits and assist in the provision of high‑quality information required by the Trust in a timely and accurate manner.

Qualifications

• ACC qualified or equivalent.
• Experience coding a variety of specialties within an acute NHS organisation.
• Flexible, adaptable, and capable of creating accurate clinically coded data.

About Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. The Trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. It is one of two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei and leads in tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.