Accredited Clinical Coder


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	24 Sept 2026
Closing date:	11 Oct 2026

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Summary

You should have a good understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology. Good IT skills are also necessary as are good communication skills, The successful candidate will provide a vital and dynamic coding role within an excellent, high achieving and supportive coding team. The Trust has a reputation for consistently achieving targets and for high quality clinically coded data, which is achieved by providing excellent standards of training, mentoring and support for all team members. Specific Core Functions: To abstract and analysis complex clinical information from the patient's case notes, and other sources as required, all relevant information concerning primary diagnosis, co-morbidities, procedures, investigations and treatment for each period of care. To have the ability to maintain prolonged, intense concentration to translate this information into codes using ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases vol 10) and OPCS 4 (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys vol 4.11) which is then processed to create HRGS (Healthcare Resource Groups) this is used to determine under payment by results the amount of funding the trust receives from the commissioner. Apply the rules and conventions of ICD10 and OPCS4 and take responsibility for updating training manuals and publications when changes or clarifications issued by the NHSIA. Inform the Coding team leaders of any national and/or local coding changes in order that they may be documented in manuals and the Coding Policy and Procedures. To ensure all coded information extracted from provider spells/case notes is accurate and reflects the full extent off all diagnosis and procedures that are provided by the clinician for every patient episode within an agreed time from patient discharge which supports the requirements of commissioning. Investigate and collate as necessary information required making informed decisions regarding code assignment presenting findings for information or discussion during scheduled office meetings. To attend training sessions both external and internal and to participate in regular audits of coding. To supervise, mentor and support less experienced/trainee coders, providing structured feedback to individuals and management team to improve quality and efficiency. To maintain a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical procedures, diagnosis and terminology as applied across specialties. To provide direct support to other coders and staff involved in the coding process by communicating appropriately with novice coders taking care to understand the limitations of their knowledge. To participate in established clinical coding validation processes in the Trust. To be proactive in keeping up to date with all new clinical coding developments. For full job details and person specification please refer to enclosed job description.

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