Senior Clinical Coder

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a Senior Clinical Coder to join a five POD structure, ensuring accurate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 coding and timely reimbursement. The role supports AI-assisted coding implementation and requires strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills.

You will have ACC qualification and post-qualification experience across medical and surgical specialties in an acute setting, with a commitment to excellence and collaboration across clinical and

Qualifications

• Academic achievements to a degree level or the equivalent in work experience.
• High degree of knowledge in Anatomy & Physiology.
• Sound knowledge of Payment by Results/HRGs (Healthcare Resource Groups).
• Auditor/Trainer qualifications in Clinical Coding.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

ACC qualification

Clinical coding experience

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Degree level or equivalent in work experience

Anatomy & Physiology knowledge

HRGs knowledge

Auditor/Trainer qualifications in Clinical Coding

Tools

Hospital information systems

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in the UK, with over 290,000 finished consultant episodes each year. The Trust values its clinical coding department as key to organisational success, maintaining a skilled workforce able to capture the complexity of its services. Coders work closely with clinical teams, helping improve processes and efficiency. A rolling audit programme with strong clinical engagement supports a productive partnership between coding and clinical staff.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Coder. Teams work corporately across five rotating clinical PODs, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of Trust activity to support financial flows and strategic management. The department is introducing AI- assisted coding software, placing it at the forefront of innovation in clinical coding.

You must demonstrate strong analytical, logical, and communication skills. Flexibility, teamwork, and the ability to meet deadlines are essential. An ACC qualification is required, with post- qualification experience across medical and surgical specialities in an acute setting.

Main duties of the job

• 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.

Working for our organisation

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. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Academic achievements to a degree level or the equivalent in work experience
• High degree of knowledge in Anatomy & Physiology
• Sound knowledge of Payment by Results/HRGs (Healthcare Resource Groups)
• Auditor/Trainer qualifications in Clinical Coding

Experience

• Experience in a wide range of specialties & their complexities
• Be able to meet the prerequisites of sitting either audit workshop or Train the Trainer Courses
• Experience in Clinical coding terminologies and software encoding experience
• Hospital information systems & IT packages
• Proven experience in dealing with staff at all levels

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Ability to analyse and justify complex HRG grouping

Right to work

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