This post sits in the Clinical Coding Department of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a service that supports income, clinical governance and service planning across acute and community care. The work centres on translating complex medical terminology into nationally recognised classification codes, with accuracy shaping national statistics and quality measures. Alongside coding, the role involves training clinical and medical staff and supporting trainee coders. An accredited clinical coding qualification is essential.
What the job involves
- Provide a high-quality, efficient clinical coding service
- Translate complex medical terminology into nationally recognised classification codes accurately and in a timely way
- Deliver training to clinical coding and medical staff
- Support trainee clinical coding staff
Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification or significant proven clinical coding qualification
- Accredited clinical coding qualification
Experience
- Extensive experience of PAS or hospital systems
- Coding across at least six specialty areas
- Attendance at refresher and specialty workshops
Skills & knowledge
- National clinical coding standards and practice
- ICD10, OPCS4 and HRG4 classifications
- National and local performance and quality standards
- Anatomy and physiology
- Information Governance Toolkit standards
- Excellent presentation, communication and report-writing skills
Other
- Delivering training to varied audiences and supporting trainee coders
- Excellent IT, numeracy and literacy skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Highly organised, able to prioritise workload and work under pressure
- Collaborative, tactful and confidential working that reflects organisational values
Nice to have
- ECDL
- AMSPAR
- Medical terminology qualification
- Previous supervisory experience
- PAS experience
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