Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Coding department at Hampshire Hospitals for an ACC qualified coder. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and motivation to join our well established and busy Clinical Coding Department.
As an Accredited Clinical Coder, you will have experience of coding a variety of specialties that occur within an acute NHS organisation. You will have a flexible and adaptable approach to work and strive to create accurate clinically coded data, embracing the national clinical coding standards, rules, and conventions, to ensure the Trust data is sufficiently robust.
This role attracts a recruitment and retention premium of 20% of the basic annual salary.
Please only apply if you hold the ACC qualification.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Coding is a unique department within NHS Hospitals supporting Business Intelligence and Finance teams within Hampshire Hospitals.
The Clinical Coding team work hard to provide an efficient, reliable, and effective service to the Trust in order to provide data on the Trust’s clinical activities, by abstracting information from various clinical documents and translating into diagnostic and procedure codes. The post holder will be responsible for managing the volume of uncoded activity in assigned specialties against agreed deadlines. They will also be required to participate in coding audits and assist in the provision of high-quality information required by the Trust in a timely and accurate manner.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are a centralised coding team with coding offices on two sites. Coders can work on site full time or have the option to adopt a hybrid working approach, working part on site and part remotely.
Person specification
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Able to facilitate effective communication between multi-disciplinary teams and non-health care individuals
- High level of analytical and problem solving skills
- Able to assimilate and disseminate information
- Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise and organise workload to deal with competing demands whilst meeting challenging deadlines
- Able to frequently concentrate for prolonged periods
- Ability to deal effectively with frequent interruptions
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Analytical and judgemental skills so that you can deal with a broad range of complex activities and questions.
- Ability to give judgement when opinions are divided when coding complex cases or previously un-coded procedures
- Excellent communications skills including ability to relate to people at all levels within the organisation.
- Ability to understand, interpret and retain complex clinical written information
- Prioritise workload in line with personal and team targets.
- Excellent time management
Desirable
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge of medical terminology anatomical and physiological terms acquired through work based training
- Science (Biology preferably) GCSE Grade C or above; or equivalent knowledge
- Knowledge of coding procedures and conventions, including all specialties in an NHS Acute Hospital environment
Desirable
- DesirabKnowledge of encoding systems e.g.Medicode le
- Knowledge of Patient Administration Systems
Other Specific Requirements
Essential
- Self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight timescales
- Able to prioritise commitments
Desirable
- Ability to motivate, train and develop others
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This advert is for Senior Clinical Coder with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Basingstoke, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Jul 2026.
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