# Accredited Clinical Coder - Peterborough > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accredited-clinical-coder-peterborough/02a037b0-f4c0-46a6-a5de-4b2d195bec73 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accredited-clinical-coder-peterborough/02a037b0-f4c0-46a6-a5de-4b2d195bec73.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Peterborough - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £39,043 per annum (Dependent on NCCQ) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week (Home or remote working, full time flexible hours from 07:00 am) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T07:52:45.451Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Peterborough/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Health_Informatics/Health_Informatics-v8047278 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8047278?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an Accredited Clinical Coder with experience working within an acute NHS hospital setting? The Clinical Coding team at our hospital site Peterborough are looking to recruit to our substantive team of multi skilled specialist Clinical Coders.  The successful 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 pride ourselves on sharing knowledge across teams with support from senior colleagues who may be nominated as mentors to assist all coding colleagues where appropriate.   You will also be supported by qualified auditors and a trainer - ACC Clinical Coder Band 5 - £32,073-£39,043 (dependent upon years of experience)  per annum - Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week - Contract: Permanent - Vacancy site: Peterborough ### Main duties of the job Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential as is a good working knowledge of 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 with the responsible Consultant to ensure correct assignment of diagnostic and procedure codes and to identify gaps in clinical documentation to support clinical coding. Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of practical coding experience across all specialties within an acute NHS hospital setting. You will be managing your own workload each day within the usual deadlines for submission of coded data. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role. ## Job Details Are you an Accredited Clinical Coder with experience working within an acute NHS hospital setting? The Clinical Coding team at our hospital site Peterborough are looking to recruit to our substantive team of multi skilled specialist Clinical Coders. The successful 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 pride ourselves on sharing knowledge across teams with support from senior colleagues who may be nominated as mentors to assist all coding colleagues where appropriate. You will also be supported by qualified auditors and a trainer ACC Clinical Coder Band 5 - £32,073-£39,043 (dependent upon years of experience) per annum Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week Contract: Permanent Vacancy site: Peterborough ## Job Description Excellent analytical and judgement skills are essential as is a good working knowledge of 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 with the responsible Consultant to ensure correct assignment of diagnostic and procedure codes and to identify gaps in clinical documentation to support clinical coding. Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of practical coding experience across all specialties within an acute NHS hospital setting. You will be managing your own workload each day within the usual deadlines for submission of coded data. ## Responsibilities Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Ability to code all specialties - Communicate complex coding rules to clinical and non-clinical staff and external agencies - Experience of working as a clinical coder in the NHS - Use of hospital administration systems - Demonstrate an understanding of clinical coding and its uses - Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomical and physiological terms - Attendance at Clinical Coding refresher workshops ### key skills **Essential** - Analytical & judgemental skills - Ability to abstract and analyse complex clinical records - Ability to communicate complex information to clinical and administrative staff - Planning and organisational skills - Standard keyboard skills - Eye for detail - Operate on own initiative - Undertake background research to achieve accurate coding - Mentoring skills - Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder - Educated to A Level qualification in sciences e.g. Biology or equivalent knowledge acquired through work based training **Desirable** - AMSPAR Certificate in Medical Terminology - ECDL IT skills qualification or equivalent experience in Microsoft packages ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [band 5 job description (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10336223) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [band 5 person specification (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10336224) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.