Trainee Clinical Coder

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare organization is seeking a Trainee Clinical Coder to join their Clinical Coding team at West Cumberland Hospital. The role involves translating diagnoses and procedures from health records into codes and inputting them onto the Patient Administration System. Candidates need relevant qualifications and are expected to follow a training course over 2-3 years to achieve accreditation. This position offers benefits such as a holiday scheme and NHS discounts.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Free confidential counselling service

Qualifications

• GCSE English, maths and biology, including human anatomy and physiology.
• Must have Essential IT skills or equivalent.
• Relevant qualifications in coding or medical records are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accurately extract diagnoses and procedures from health records.
• Input codes into the Patient Administration System using encoding software.
• Attend National Clinical Coding Standards Training Course.

Skills

Essential IT skills

Medical terminology

Clerical or administrative skills

Education

GCSE in English, maths, and biology

NHS Digital Coding Foundation Certificate

IHRIM ACC Qualification

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.