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North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health service pension

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Accredited Clinical Coder to join the Hinchingbrooke Clinical Coding team. You will code a wide range of clinical specialties and ensure accurate data reflects patient care.

The ideal candidate will be ACC qualified with coding experience; the role offers opportunities to study towards the National Clinical Coding Qualification and work with clinicians and support staff to maintain high data quality.

Qualifications

• ACC qualified or IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder and experience in coding broad range of clinical specialties.
• Excellent communication to engage with clinicians and support staff to ensure accurate coded data.
• Strong analytical and judgement skills with knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy.

Responsibilities

• Translate clinical information into diagnostic and procedure codes from patient records and electronic sources.
• Validate and ensure correct assignment of codes in collaboration with relevant consultants.
• Manage workload within usual deadlines for submission of data and contribute to visits and audits.

Skills

IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder

Clinical coding

Excellent communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

National Clinical Coding Qualification (study towards)

Tools

Electronic Document Management System

Job description

Accredited Clinical Coder/Clinical Coder - Huntingdon | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Accredited Clinical Coder/Experienced Clinical Coder

Are you an IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder or experienced Clinical Coder working within an acute NHS hospital setting?

The Clinical Coding team at our hospital site Hinchingbrooke are looking to recruit to our substantive team of multi skilled specialist Clinical Coders. The ideal candidate will be ACC qualified with experience in coding a broad range of clinical specialties.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clinicians and all relevant support staff to ensure our coded data reflects accurately the care of our patients. Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential in this role as is good working knowledge of medical terminology and human anatomy across a range of clinical specialties. You will be responsible for managing your own workload each day within the usual deadlines for submission of data.

We would welcome applications from experienced clinical coders (Band 4) without the IHRIM qualification with the option to study towards the National Clinical Coding Qualification.

Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential as is a good working knowledge of national clinical coding standards, medical terminology and human anatomy.

Translation of clinical information into diagnostic and procedure codes from patient health records scanned on to an electronic document management system and variety of other electronic sources.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with clinicians and all relevant support staff to ensure our coded data reflects accurately the care of our patients.

Conduct validation exercises as required with the responsible Consultant to ensure correct assignment of diagnostic and procedure codes and to identify gaps in clinical documentation to support clinical coding.

We are committed to supporting colleagues through organisational change. Priority will be given to staff at risk within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care Board.

This advert closes on Sunday 20 Sep 2026