Job summary
- Main area
- Finance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-CO04551-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Clinical Coder
NHS AfC: Band 5
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
University Hospitals Dorset is currently seeking a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our team of clinical coders. Our clinical coding department has recently been restructured to meet the increasing demands of the NHS and to support the Trust's business activity.
Lead clinical coders are part of a team responsible for adhering to the National Clinical Coding Standards to ensure the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the Trust's clinical coded data.
The post-holder will have gained Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) status by passing the National clinical coding examination.
Interview Date: TBC
Base Location: Poole with flexibility for remote work.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the lead coder role are:
- Extract, analyse and code information from the patient's electronic medical record into a coded format using OPCS and ICD-10 formats.
- Communicate complex coding examples to relevant members of staff.
- Exercise judgement in the interpretation of information to ensure accuracy.
- Organise own work loads and work within deadlines.
- Continual personal development
- Provide a mentoring role to clinical coders
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC) qualification
- Good Basic education
Experience
Essential criteria
- 4 years of clinical coding experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous mentoring experience
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- IT Literate
- Knowledge of UHD/NHS software packages
- Standard keyboard skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology acquired through training or work
- Understanding of HRG's
- Knowledge of all speciality coding
- Full Knowledge of the NHS
- Understanding of maximising income
Other role requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly
- Able to meet deadlines
- Team player
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Calm able to work to challenging deadlines
- Strong attention to detail
- Diplomatic and able to engage with people in a positive encouraging way
- Personable and approachable with a positive 'can do attitude'
Language requirement
Essential criteria
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vicki Ashby
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Auditor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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