Senior Clinical Coder

Company Overview

Barts Health is the largest NHS trust and one of the leading healthcare providers. It runs six hospitals that deliver high‑quality, compassionate care to 2.5 million people in east London and beyond. Barts Health’s vision is to become a healthcare organisation that offers urgent specialist and community services tailored to local communities, while demonstrating behaviours that make Barts Health a great place for patients, families, staff and the public.

Our values, aligned with these behaviours, include:

• Caring & compassionate with patients, each other and partners
• Actively listening, understanding and responding to patients, staff and partners
• Relentlessly improving and innovating for patient safety
• Achieving ambitious results by working together
• Valuing every member of staff and their contribution to patient care

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full‑time, ACC‑qualified Senior Clinical Coder in our busy Clinical Coding Department. The post holder will be responsible for coding all acute specialties, abstracting clinical data from patient records and translating it into diagnostic (ICD
10) and procedure (OPCS) classifications.

• Work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines, with a flexible approach to work that allows both on‑site and remote working opportunities.

• Ensure procedures and diagnoses are correct and meet national standards, collaborating with clinicians across all specialties.

• Maintain an organised approach to workload in a very busy environment, demonstrating high accuracy, attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines. Remote access allows working from home for a period.

A good knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology is essential, along with a good standard of education. Successful applicants that hold the ACC qualification can expect a 10 % uplift in addition to their Band 5 salary.

Barts Health NHS Trust has a safeguarding policy for adults and children and is committed to all safeguarding legislation and current standards; every staff member has a responsibility to safeguard and protect children and adults.

Barts Health is committed to inclusion and aims to create a welcoming working environment where every staff member feels a sense of belonging.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. Flexible working is not one‑size‑fits‑all; if you need flexibility, please speak to the recruiting manager.

For both documents, please view the attached/full job description and person specification.

• Martha Sinclair, Clinical Coding Operational Manager –
• Victoria Wilkinson –

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