Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Monday - Friday
- Job ref
- BANK Band 5
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount Vernon Hospital
- Town
- Northwood
- Salary
- £18.39 - £27.59 All of the above rates attract 12.07% WTD
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 30/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Accredited Clinical Coder
NHS AfC: Band 5
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.
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Job overview
Clinical Coding is the bed rock of most of the Trusts business functions; key examples are Trust income derived from the Inpatient activity and in addition drivers such as the Marginal Rate for Emergency Activity and the derivation of mortality indicators such as HSMR and SHMI which are dependent on clinical coding to determine levels of complexity and complication.
To support the Trust, the Clinical Coding Department is responsible for ensuring that all admitted in-patient activity entered on to the Trust’s Patient Administration System Cerner is accurately clinically coded within all required local and National timeframes
Main duties of the job
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Demonstrate excellent understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
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Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the use of ICD10 and OPCS4
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Demonstrate knowledge of HRG classifications
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Competent in use of computer-based systems including the Microsoft suite
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Working knowledge of Electronic Patient Administration Systems in the NHS
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Able to communicate complex coding rules to medical, clinical, managerial and administrative staff
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Ability to see bigger picture and prioritise workload appropriately to meet team agenda
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Working knowledge of the Data Protection Act |
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Knowledge of the National Tarriff and its relationship to coding |
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Knowledge and understanding of the wider use of the clinical coded data |
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person Spec
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds in Electrical, Mechanical, or Building Services Engineering.
- Recognised multi-skilled maintenance qualification across at least two engineering disciplines.
- Completed apprenticeship or equivalent structured training in a relevant engineering or building-services trade.
- Training in safe systems of work (e.g. Permit-to-Work, Lock-out/Tag-out, Risk Assessment, Hot Works).
- Proven experience delivering reactive and planned maintenance in a large, multi-discipline environment.
- Skilled in fault-finding and repair of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
- Experience maintaining domestic and commercial water systems, pumps, pressure plant, and steam boiler and condensate-return systems.
Desirable criteria
- IOSH Working Safely / Managing Safely.
- Authorised or Competent Person training in one or more HTM disciplines (Electrical, MGPS, Lifts, Pressure Systems, Ventilation).
- Boiler Operation Accreditation Scheme (BOAS) qualification for operation and maintenance of steam boiler and condensate return systems.
- BMS operation or Trend-system training certification.
- Asbestos Awareness and Manual Handling training.
- Previous employment within an NHS Estates or other healthcare environment
- Experience performing duties as a Competent Person under HTM or JSP 375 appointment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tara Turner
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Coding Services| Digital Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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