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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Coding
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
214-CEN-7226244
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton-In-Ashfield
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/08/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Data Capture-Coder

NHS AfC: Band 3

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job overview

Are you looking for real career progression opportunities? Curious about medical terminology and clinical data?

This role offers a unique opportunity to start as a Band 3 Trainee Clinical Coder and the potential to progress to a Band 5 Accredited Clinical Coder — fully supported by structured training and development every step of the way.

As a Clinical Coder, you'll play a key role in transforming detailed clinical information from patient records into nationally recognised codes (ICD-10 and OPCS-4). These codes inform everything from hospital funding to service planning and patient care outcomes — making your work essential to the NHS.

You don’t need prior coding experience — just a strong foundation of GCSEs (or equivalent), great attention to detail, excellent IT skills and a passion for learning. Some experience with hospital systems is a bonus, but what's more important is your commitment to accuracy, organisation, and working as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

In return, we offer:

  • A full in-house training package with ongoing support

  • The chance to study for the National Clinical Coding Qualification

  • Opportunities to keep learning and developing

  • Flexible working options and access to excellent NHS staff benefits

If you're ready for a rewarding career that blends healthcare, data, and lifelong learning — and you're excited by the idea of growing into a qualified professional in a critical NHS role — we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. 

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Good keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
  • Knowledge of NHS patient based systems

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GSCE level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Basic clinical coding certificate

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working on own initiative
  • Understanding of data quality issues
  • Good written, communication and time management skills
  • Experience of interpreting information

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Carl Russo
Job title
Clinical Coding Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
Additional information

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