Senior Clinical Coder

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Coder to join the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Clinical Coding Team.

At NCA, you’ll code across one of the widest specialty ranges of any NHS trust — from obstetrics and neonates to spinal, neurosurgery, rehab and major trauma. Few organisations nationally can match this breadth, offering a rare opportunity to expand your expertise and work on genuinely varied, complex activity every day.

We are seeking experienced, accredited clinical coders who hold the National Clinical Coding Qualification (ACC) and have proven multi-specialty experience.

As a Senior Clinical Coder (Band 5), you will:

  • Code a diverse casemix, from high-volume day cases to highly specialised activity, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

  • Work collaboratively across multiple hospital sites within a large, supportive department.

  • Mentor and support less experienced coders, strengthening team capability.

  • Contribute to continuous improvement and service development.

What we offer:

  • Flexibility – hybrid working across Bury, Oldham and Rochdale, or fully remote where appropriate.

  • Breadth – exposure to one of the widest casemixes in the NHS.

  • Career growth – clear pathways and strong internal development support.

  • Community – a collaborative department within one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country.

If you’re an ambitious, multi-specialty coder passionate about high-quality data, we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

  • The Coding Team is a skilled team with an excellent reputation that ensures complete and accurate coding of Trust activity. We have an in-house Coded Data and Standards Assurance Audit and Training Team to support in your development.
  • While the candidate will have daily duties and responsibilities, the spectrum of work may be broad across the Department.
  • To provide an efficient and high-quality clinical coding service by ensuring accuracy within the interpretation of descriptions of patient diagnoses and procedural events using the (ICD-10) International Classification of Diseases and the (OPCS) Classification of Interventions and Procedure (OPCS-4) to carry out the coding function.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • National Clinical Coding Qualifications (NCCQ) (UK)
  • Clinical Coding Refresher Course with last 3 years

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of a variety of specialties in an acute NHS healthcare setting

Desirable

  • Experience of mentoring junior clinical coding staff

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 19 July 2026

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