Main area Business Intelligence; IT; Devlopment; IM&T Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The team are currently working in a blended fashion with an opportunity to work in our Wirral Site, Liverpool Spine office or to work remotely at home. The team are currently working with a minimum 1 on site working day) Job ref 158-25-292-DIG
Employer The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral Town Wirral Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum. Plus 10% monthly RRP Salary period Yearly Closing 14/12/2025 23:59
Senior Accredited Clinical Coder
NHS AfC: Band 5
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Job overview
Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. Please note that this role is not on the Home Office list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Are you interested in making a difference to how we support cancer patients at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre through Clinical Coding
then this could be the role for you?
We are looking for a Senior Accredited Clinical Coder to join our award winning BI team. This role will be vital in ensuring that we deliver a high quality Clinical Coding service. We are looking for an experienced Clinical Coder who is interested in joining a small but perfectly formed Clinical Coding Team to support delivery of clinical coding. The team have recently received the highest level of assurance in the MIAA clinical coding audit.
The ideal candidate
would be an experienced accredited clinical coder who is interested in cancer specialisms.
The team are currently working in a blended fashion with an opportunity to work in our Wirral Site, Liverpool Spine office or to work at home. Compulsory on site working days do apply.
Main duties of the job
To provide an accurate, timely and consistent abstraction and coding of all relevant clinical information, relating to the diagnoses, procedures andtreatments for all patients admitted to the Trust according to the coding conventions and standards of ICD-10 International(Classification ofDiseases) and OPCS-4 (Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures).
Applying independent judgement in the interpretation, transposition, and sequencing of clinical data to reflect an exact clinically coded representation of the patient’s hospital stay. This data is essential for the effective management of the Trust and directly influences income in line with the “Payment by Results” process. It also forms the basis for clinical audit, clinical governance reporting, bench marking and medical
research.
Accredited Clinical Coders will be trained coders who have achieved the National Accreditation in the National Clinical Coding Qualification (UK).
Clinical coders are also required to attend specialist workshops and refresher training once every 3 years. This role requires substantial attention to clinical detail and a logical thought process. The clinical coding process supports the provision of data forthe Trust’s clinical activity.
A strong commitment to continued professional development is required including attending in-house and external training to ensure that codingknowledge is current and reflects mandatory requirement and best practice.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
* Kind
* Empowered
* Responsible
* Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NCCQ Qualification - ACC status
* Good level of education
* GCSE or equivalent English and Maths
* Working towards or hold the AMSPAR medical terminology qualification
Experience
* Clinical Coding experience within a NHS Hospital Trust / equivalent setting
* Experience of Electronic Patient Record systems systems (EPR)
* Previous Clinical Audit Experience
* Audit Qualification
Knowledge and Expertise
* Knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology
* Knowledge of computerised systems
* Expertise in Oncology coding
* Knowledge of Meditech/Medicode
* Knowledge of HRG (Health Resource Groups)
* Knowledge of Payment by Results
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited for an interview via email. Please ensure you regularly check your emails (including junk folders) following your application and let us know if you have any problems. If you would prefer for us to communicate with you in a different way, or need adjustments to the interview process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 556 5176 or ccf-tr.recruitment@nhs.net .
The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team. It is a Trust recommendation that candidates requiring a DBS check subscribe to the DBS Update Service - further details are available here - https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service. Candidates who withdraw post-DBS submission will be invoiced for the full cost of the check including administration fee.
The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk.
The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Unions has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' and our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'.
We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks for LGBTQ+, disability and long terms conditions, international and ethnically diverse staff and a menopause network. The Trust also hold Disability Confident Level 2 Status and provide supporting policies and processes to enable staff with disabilities and long term conditions to work in a way that best meets their needs.
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