# Accredited Clinical Coder/Clinical Coder - Huntingdon > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accredited-clinical-coderclinical-coder-huntingdon/36936f77-aa94-473e-a405-7492766dfb4c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/accredited-clinical-coderclinical-coder-huntingdon/36936f77-aa94-473e-a405-7492766dfb4c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hinchingbrooke Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Clinical coder - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday flexible hours from 07:00 am) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-04T07:21:17.802Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Huntingdon/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Coding_Corporate_Support/Clinical_Coding_Corporate_Support-v8273163 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8273163?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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. ### Main duties of the job 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## 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 administrative and clinical systems - Demonstrate an understanding of clinical coding and its uses - Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomical and physiological terms - Attendance at Clinical Coding refresher workshops ### Qualifications **Essential** - IHRIM Accredited Clinical Coder - Educated to A Level qualifications in sciences e.g. Biology or equivalent knowledge acquired through work based training **Desirable** - AMSPAR Certificate in Medical Terminology - MOST qualifications, MS Excell ### Key Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Analytical & judgemental skills - Ability to abstract relevant clinical information for coding - 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 ## 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) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) - [job description clinical coder band 4 (pdf, 281.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588689) - [person specification clinical coder band 4 (pdf, 452.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588686) - [job description accredited clinical coder band 5 (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588687) - [person specification accredited clinical coder band 5 (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588688) ## 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.