Location
London

Hours
Full Time (Hybrid working model with onsite presence typically 1 or 2 days per week as business needs require)

Salary
£56,863 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services across south London and specialist care for patients from further afield. The Trust is renowned for clinical excellence, high quality teaching, and world-leading research, and is part of King’s Health Partners academic health sciences centre.

We are seeking two experienced and motivated Specialist Clinical Coders to join our dynamic Clinical Coding Department. This role offers the opportunity to be part of a transformative journey in clinical coding and digital health, working within a world-class digital ecosystem that encourages innovation and collaboration.

As a Specialist Clinical Coder, you will accurately abstract, analyse, and assign complex diagnostic and procedural codes using ICD-10 and OPCS-4 classifications. You will work closely with clinical teams to validate and enhance the quality of coded data, take the lead on specific specialties and complex coding scenarios, mentor junior coders, and contribute to clinical engagement, KPI monitoring, audit preparation, and data quality improvement.

The department values insight as much as output and aims to place coders at the heart of the NHS’s digital future. We offer clear career pathways and a development-focused retention scheme to support your growth and progression.

Experience
- Substantial clinical coding expertise across all specialties and levels of complexity
- Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology

About you
- Ability to analyse and abstract complex records
- Ability to resolve complex coding issues and clearly articulate resolutions
- Able to identify data quality issues and coding workflow impediments and use sound intuition to resolve
- Motivated, detail-oriented, and committed to high-quality work within demanding timeframes

Qualifications
- Essential: Accredited Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC)
- Desirable: Demonstrable proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint)
- Desirable: Working knowledge of SQL to interrogate data