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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Specialist Clinical Coder
Accepting applications until: 03-Dec-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 03-Dec-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- London
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7NJ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The role follows a hybrid working model. Onsite presence is expected as and when business needs require, which typically equates to 1–2 days per week. As the department undergoes transformation, being physically present plays a key role in fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and consistency – all vital for modernising and strengthening our coding service.)
Salary
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 p.a inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Clinical Coding
- Interview date
- 10/12/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We're on a journey to transform clinical coding and shape the future of digital health - and you could be part of it.
We are seeking six experienced and motivated Specialist Clinical Coders to join our dynamic Clinical Coding Department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
We’re here to nurture future digital leaders and grow as one team. We work closely with our Talent Management and Organisation Development teams to create clear career pathways and a development-focused retention scheme that supports every colleague to grow and progress.
This is what modern coding looks like at Guy's and St Thomas':
Curious minds. Cross-disciplinary teams. The confidence to innovate within a world-class digital ecosystem. A willingness to disrupt the status quo.
If you’re ready to grow your career in a department that values insight as much as output – and wants to place coders at the heart of the NHS’s digital future – we’d love to hear from you.
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As a Specialist Clinical Coder, you will:
- accurately abstract, analyse, and assign complex diagnostic and procedural codes using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications
- work closely with clinical teams to validate and enhance the quality of coded data
- take the lead on specific specialties and complex coding scenarios
- act as a mentor to junior coders and support their development
- contribute to clinical engagement, KPI monitoring, audit preparation and data quality improvement
Working for our organisation
About Us:
The Clinical Coding Department at Guy's and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust is a vital part of our healthcare system. We are responsible for accurately translating patient information into codes that are used for billing, research, and planning purposes. Our work directly impacts the Trust's ability to recover income and plan services effectively.
Our Team:
Our team is comprised of skilled and dedicated professionals who are committed to delivering high-quality work within demanding time frames. We work closely with clinicians, medical secretaries, and other staff to ensure that all relevant information is captured and coded accurately.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about the role, duties and expectations, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC)
Desirable criteria
- ECDL
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial Clinical Coding expertise across all specialties and levels of complexity
- Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse and abstract complex records
- Ability to resolve complex coding issues and aptly articulate resolutions
- Able to identify data quality issues and coding workflow impediments and use sound intuition to resolve
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of SQL to interrogate data
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mo Islam
- Job title
- Clinical Coding Office Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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