Location: Crowborough and East Grinstead
Department: Clinical Governance
Reporting to: Head of Risk Management
Actual Salary: up to £18,310.50 per annum
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Coder to join Horder Healthcare and play an important role in ensuring the accuracy, quality and integrity of our clinical information.
This is a key role within our Clinical Governance function, providing an efficient, accurate and responsive clinical coding service across Horder Healthcare. You will use your clinical knowledge and coding expertise to interpret complex clinical information and translate diagnoses, co-morbidities and procedures into accurate ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes, in line with national standards and conventions.
You will work closely with Consultants, clinical teams, nursing and administrative colleagues, Finance and IT, helping to ensure that our clinical information is accurate, timely and supports both patient care and effective organisational decision-making.
Your role will include:
Reviewing case notes, discharge summaries and other clinical documentation and accurately translating information into ICD-10 and OPCS-4 codes.
Ensuring diagnoses, co-morbidities and procedures are coded accurately and in accordance with national clinical coding rules.
Completing coding within agreed timescales and meeting monthly deadlines.
Maintaining a strong understanding of HRGs and the relationship between accurate clinical coding and financial reporting.
Working closely with Finance colleagues to identify and resolve HRG discrepancies and support queries from NHS providers.
Participating in internal and external clinical coding audits.
Working with Consultants and clinical teams to improve the quality and completeness of clinical documentation.
Providing advice and guidance on clinical coding and explaining complex coding requirements clearly to clinical and administrative colleagues.
Keeping up to date with changes to ICD-10, OPCS-4, national standards and best practice.
Supporting the development and review of clinical coding policies, guidelines and processes.
Identifying opportunities to improve coding processes and maximise income through accurate coding.
Supporting business continuity and process improvement projects.
Delivering training to colleagues to increase understanding of the importance of accurate clinical documentation and coding.
Working collaboratively with our IT team to ensure coding systems and classification tables remain accurate and up to date.
We are looking for someone who is accurate, organised and confident working with complex clinical information, with the ability to work independently while building effective relationships across the organisation.
You will have:
Knowledge and understanding of ICD-10 and OPCS-4.
Good knowledge of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology.
Experience of working within a clinical environment.
Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
The ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines.
A flexible and proactive approach to your work.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The confidence to communicate coding requirements and complex information to a range of audiences.
The ability to use your own initiative and identify opportunities for improvement.
A high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
It would be advantageous if you also have:
Previous clinical coding experience.
Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
Experience delivering presentations or training.
Successful completion of the Clinical Coding Foundation Course (CCSC), with a refresher course where this was completed more than three years ago.
At Horder Healthcare, accurate clinical information is more than just data — it supports high-quality patient care, effective clinical governance and the delivery of our services.
You will be joining a collaborative organisation where your expertise will make a real difference. This is an opportunity to develop and maintain our clinical coding practice, work with a wide range of clinical and corporate colleagues, and help us continually improve the quality of the information that underpins our services.
If you are an experienced Clinical Coder who takes pride in getting the detail right, enjoys working collaboratively and wants to make a real contribution to a healthcare organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Horder Healthcare is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
