Trainee Clinical Coder

NHS; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A health organization in Whitehaven is seeking a Trainee Clinical Coder to join their Clinical Coding team. The role involves accurately extracting diagnoses and procedures from health records and entering codes into the Patient Administration System. Candidates will follow a training program to achieve the National Coding Qualification. The position offers benefits such as annual leave, NHS Discounts, and salary sacrifice schemes.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Free counselling and information service

Qualifications

• GCSE English, maths and biology, including human anatomy and physiology or equivalent.
• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.
• Must be able to attend external courses for training.

Responsibilities

• Accurately extracting diagnoses and procedures from health records.
• Translating health records into codes using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications.
• Inputting codes onto the Patient Administration System.

Skills

Essential IT skills

Clerical or administrative skills

Abstraction skills

Education

GCSE English, maths and biology

NHS Digital Coding Foundation Certificate

IHRIM ACC Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Trainee Clinical Coder to join the Clinical Coding team based at West Cumberland Hospital.

The principal responsibilities involve accurately extracting diagnoses and procedures from the health records, translating it into codes using the ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications and inputting them onto the Patient Administration System using encoding software.

Main duties of the job

Candidates will be expected to attend a National Clinical Coding Standards Training Course and follow a 2-3 year programme of study to achieve the National Coding Qualification; Band 4 will be awarded upon obtaining the accreditation.

Job responsibilities

Accurately extracting diagnoses and procedures from the health records, translating it into codes using the ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications and inputting them onto the Patient Administration System using encoding software.

Qualifications

• GCSE English, maths and biology, including human anatomy and physiology or equivalent
• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.
• NHS Digital Coding Foundation Certificate
• IHRIM ACC Qualification

Experience

• Computer and Microsoft office experience
• Working with confidential information
• Work in an office environment
• Work within NHS.
• Medical records or Clinical coding.

Knowledge

• Equality issues.
• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• Medical terminology

Other criteria

• Must be able to attend external courses
• Adhere to the Trusts Study Leave Policy
• Undertake a personal study programme in order to achieve qualification
• Able to work effectively as part of a small team
• Able to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Able to use initiative appropriately
• Clerical or administrative skills Abstraction skills

The Trust offers a range of benefits, including 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years, NHS Discounts, Salary Sacrifice schemes, and Vivup, a free, confidential counselling and information service.

The closing date for this position is 10 October 2025.