Senior Clinical Coder
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
14 days left
Job description
We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Coder who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to ou...
The role of a Clinical Coder is to provide an effective, accurate, timely and consistent clinical coding service to the Trust and to ensure all coding quality targets are achieved.
To code diagnosis and clearly defined treatment for inpatient and outpatient activity according to the coding conventions of ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases) and OPCS4 (Operation Procedure Classification Standards).
Data sources used include case notes, discharge summaries, histology results, Chemocare and other manual records.
This data is essential for the effective management of the Trust and directly influences the Trust's income in line with the 'Payments by Results' process.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- GCSE (Grade A-C) Human Biology, Biology or Combined Science
- Professional qualifications General training qualifications Other specific attainments
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant
- Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- NHS experience as a Clinical Coding Clerk for 3 or more years
- Attended and passed NHS Clinical Coding Standards Course/Refresher Course in last 3 years
- Study, problem solving, interrogation of data
- Experience of using and analysing data
Other Requirements
Essential
- Willingness to learn and to progress Work as part of a team Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
Knowledge
Essential
- Human Anatomy and Physiology
Desirable
- Efficient use of Microsoft Office Products
- Financial Flows in the NHS
Skills
Desirable
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of using Microsoft Office Confidentiality
- Ability to work under pressure and to exact timelines
- Organize and work systematically, with flexibility and adaptability
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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