Clinical Coder
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £17.13 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £17.13 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Stockport, SK27JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | M0042-83-187 |
Summary
What youll be responsible for: Working independently (without supervision) within all specialties. Following defined coding processes for resolving queries on their own. Selecting own workload to and knows when to use the internal query process to escalate more complex issues to senior members of staff or clinicians. Is responsible for the provision of a high-quality clinical coding service. Abstracting and analysing documented medical terminology, then translating into clinical codes that can be used to give an accurate record of inpatient (Elective, Day Case and Emergency) hospital admissions. Analysing medical terminology in terms of diagnostic and procedural information from patient documentation (The Trusts Scanning System, various clinical systems and paper case notes) in order to extract all relevant information to accurately reflect the patients stay in hospital. Performing advanced Clinical Coding that requires the post holder to make analytical judgements regarding a wide range of complex patient documentation and utilising clinical coding conventions. Abstracting, analysing, translating and entering, codes based on medical information from patient records. Dealing with enquiries; liaise with clinicians regarding coding queries. Locating and collating missing source material e.g. missing case notes or electronic documentation, histology or data quality records.