Lead Clinical Coder

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The closing date is 29 June 2025

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.
• Provide a mentoring role to clinical coders

About us

Our values define who we are as . 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.

Job 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

• Good Basic education

Experience

• 4 years of clinical coding experience
• Previous mentoring experience

Technical Skills

• IT Literate
• Knowledge of UHD/NHS software packages

Knowledge

• 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

• Able to work flexibly
• Able to meet deadlines
• Team player

Personal Attributes

• 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

• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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