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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Accredited Clinical Coder (ACC)

The closing date is 09 November 2026

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Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Accredited Clinical Coder to join our Clinical Coding Department. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a service that plays a critical role in supporting patient care, clinical governance, service planning, performance monitoring, and the financial sustainability of the Trust.

The accuracy of clinical coding activity is vitally important to the Trust, not only to secure the correct levels of income but also to inform decision-making regarding the future development of clinical services. Clinical coding data is widely used across the NHS, Government, and external organisations to produce national statistics, monitor clinical outcomes, support research, and measure key quality indicators.

As an Accredited Clinical Coder, you will provide a high-quality, efficient coding service, ensuring the accurate and timely translation of complex medical terminology into nationally recognised classification codes.

Apply today and help ensure our clinical information is transformed into meaningful data that supports excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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.

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Details

Date posted

30 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CEN-8239583-B

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to Degree level (or significant proven clinical coding qualification).
• Accredited clinical coding qualification.

Desirable

• ECDL.
• AMSPAR.
• Medical terminology qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Attendance at refresher and specialty workshops.
• Ability to code a minimum of 6 specialty areas.
• Deliver training to a variety of audiences, including clinical coding and medical staff.
• Ability to support trainee clinical-coding staff.
• Extensive experience of PAS/hospital systems.
• National clinical coding standards and practices.
• National & local performance/quality standards.
• Anatomy and physiology.
• ICD10, OPCS4 and HRG4.
• Information Governance Toolkit standards.

Desirable

• Previous supervisory experience.
• PAS experience.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• Report writing skills.
• Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills.

Personal skills

Essential

• Highly organised, with a structured and logical approach to planning and prioritising workload.
• Ability to develop collaborative working relationships across professional and cultural boundaries.
• Ability to ensure behaviour reflects values of the organisation.
• Ability to work with sensitivity/tact, including a commitment to confidentiality.
• Resilient and able to work in a pressurised environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified to Degree level (or significant proven clinical coding qualification).
• Accredited clinical coding qualification.

Desirable

• ECDL.
• AMSPAR.
• Medical terminology qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Attendance at refresher and specialty workshops.
• Ability to code a minimum of 6 specialty areas.
• Deliver training to a variety of audiences, including clinical coding and medical staff.
• Ability to support trainee clinical-coding staff.
• Extensive experience of PAS/hospital systems.
• National clinical coding standards and practices.
• National & local performance/quality standards.
• Anatomy and physiology.
• ICD10, OPCS4 and HRG4.
• Information Governance Toolkit standards.

Desirable

• Previous supervisory experience.
• PAS experience.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• Report writing skills.
• Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills.

Personal skills

Essential

• Highly organised, with a structured and logical approach to planning and prioritising workload.
• Ability to develop collaborative working relationships across professional and cultural boundaries.
• Ability to ensure behaviour reflects values of the organisation.
• Ability to work with sensitivity/tact, including a commitment to confidentiality.
• Resilient and able to work in a pressurised environment.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Coding Manager

Carl Russo

[email protected]

01623622515

Details

Date posted

30 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CEN-8239583-B

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

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