Trainee Clinical Coder

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is recruiting Trainee Clinical Coders to support the Trust in providing reliable and accurate clinically coded data for all inpatient and outpatient activity.

You will be educated to A level standard (or equivalent) with the opportunity to gain NHS experience, with full training and ongoing support provided to help you extract information from case notes and apply ICD10 and OPCS4 coding for reporting and statistical analysis.

Qualifications

• Educated to A level standard or equivalent relevant passes.
• Desirable NHS experience.
• Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology.

Responsibilities

• Extract information from case notes to enable coding.
• Analyse data to determine ICD10 and OPCS4 coding translation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Education

A level standard or equivalent passes

Job description

Job Overview

We have exciting opportunities for Trainee Clinical Coders to support the Trust in providing reliable and accurate clinically coded data for all inpatient and outpatient activity.

Job Overview

We have exciting opportunities for Trainee Clinical Coders to support the Trust in providing reliable and accurate clinically coded data for all inpatient and outpatient activity.

You must be educated to A level standard or equivalent relevant passes. It is desirable that the successful applicant will have previous NHS experience and a basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology.

Full training and support will be provided.

Main duties of the job

• To extract relevant information from case notes/source documents to enable coding of clinical activity.
• To critically analyse the data from all available sources relevant to the episode of care and investigate and interpret the information to determine the appropriate coding translation, using ICD10 (diagnostic codes) and OPCS4 (procedure codes), into a form that can be tabulated, aggregated and sorted for statistical analysis applying national and international rules and conventions to agreed standards.

Working for your organisation

Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.