Graduate Clinical Coder

Graduate Clinical Coder
Company: Hope Citadel Healthcare Community Interest Company
Job ID: B0212-26-0049
The closing date is 30 December 2026

Job summary
Are you a recent graduate looking to start a rewarding career in healthcare data and primary care? Hope Citadel Healthcare is launching an exciting Graduate Clinical Coding Scheme designed to develop the next generation of healthcare information specialists. As a Graduate Clinical Coding Officer, you will receive structured training and mentorship while learning how to accurately interpret clinical correspondence, maintain patient records, and support the safe delivery of care across our GP practices. Working alongside GPs, nurses, pharmacists and practice managers, you will develop expertise in medical terminology, SNOMED CT coding, and healthcare informatics. This unique role offers an excellent foundation for a career in clinical coding, healthcare management, informatics, or wider NHS clinical support roles, with clear opportunities for development and progression.

Main duties of the job
As a Graduate Clinical Coding Officer, you will review and process clinical correspondence received from hospitals and other healthcare providers, accurately recording information within patient records using recognised clinical coding systems. You will support the maintenance of chronic disease registers, identify and highlight important clinical actions arising from correspondence, and work closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and administrative teams to ensure patient records are accurate, complete and support the safe delivery of care. You will also contribute to data quality improvement initiatives and develop specialist knowledge of primary care systems, medical terminology and healthcare informatics through a structured training programme.

About us
Hope Citadel Healthcare is a not-for-profit primary care organisation providing NHS General Practice services across Greater Manchester. We operate eleven GP practices serving diverse communities throughout Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale, with a strong focus on reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for some of the area's most underserved populations.

Our vision is to deliver high-quality, person-centred healthcare that meets the needs of local communities. We believe that excellent patient care starts with excellent information, and we recognise the vital role that accurate clinical data plays in supporting safe, effective and proactive healthcare.

As an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, we are committed to developing our workforce and creating rewarding career opportunities. Through investment in training, technology and professional development, we support our colleagues to grow their skills and make a meaningful difference to the lives of our patients every day.

The Graduate Clinical Coding Scheme reflects our commitment to building the next generation of healthcare data professionals and supporting future leaders in primary care.

Details
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £26,000 to £28,500 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: B0212-26-0049
Job location: Kirkholt Medical Practice, The strand, Kirkholt, OL11 2JG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Hope Citadel Healthcare is seeking motivated and ambitious graduates to join our Graduate Clinical Coding Scheme commencing in January 2027. This unique opportunity has been developed to cultivate future specialists in healthcare data, clinical coding, and primary care informatics.

Clinical coding is a vital function within modern healthcare. Accurate coding enables clinicians to identify patients requiring monitoring, supports preventative healthcare programmes, ensures chronic disease registers remain accurate, and contributes to the safe and effective delivery of patient care. The information generated through clinical coding underpins population health management, service planning, quality improvement initiatives and contractual reporting requirements.

The Graduate Clinical Coding Officer will receive structured training, mentoring and support while developing specialist knowledge in primary care systems, clinical terminology, SNOMED CT, information governance and healthcare data management. The successful candidate will work closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants and administrative colleagues to ensure that patient records accurately reflect clinical activity and support the delivery of high-quality care.

This role is particularly suited to graduates from biomedical, life science, health informatics, healthcare management, public health, data science or other analytical disciplines who wish to pursue a career at the intersection of healthcare, data and technology.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Coding

• Review and accurately process incoming clinical correspondence from hospitals, community services and other healthcare providers.
• Extract clinically relevant information from discharge summaries, outpatient clinic letters, diagnostic reports, investigation results and other healthcare documentation.
• Apply SNOMED CT clinical codes appropriately and consistently within electronic patient records.
• Ensure that all data entered into patient records is accurate, complete and clinically relevant.
• Develop a thorough understanding of clinical coding principles, coding standards and local protocols.
• Support the continuous improvement of coding accuracy across the organisation.

Patient Record Management

• Maintain high-quality electronic patient records.
• Update patient records following receipt of clinical correspondence and other healthcare information.
• Ensure that relevant diagnoses, procedures, investigations and clinical findings are appropriately recorded.
• Identify incomplete or inconsistent records and take action to improve data quality.
• Contribute to organisational objectives relating to record accuracy and information management.

Chronic Disease Register Management

• Support the maintenance and validation of disease registers used within primary care.
• Ensure that patients with long-term conditions are coded accurately to support proactive care management.
• Assist in identifying patients who may require inclusion on disease registers following receipt of clinical information.
• Support quality improvement initiatives relating to long-term condition management.
• Contribute to maintaining accurate data used for population health management and service planning.

Clinical Correspondence Review

• Review clinical documents and identify actions requiring attention by clinicians.
• Recognise information relating to medication changes, follow-up requirements, new diagnoses and significant clinical findings.
• Escalate urgent or clinically significant information through appropriate practice workflows.
• Assist in ensuring correspondence is processed within agreed timescales.
• Support the safe and effective management of clinical workflows.

Data Quality and Audit

• Participate in regular data quality reviews and audits.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to improve data accuracy and completeness.
• Support projects aimed at enhancing the quality and consistency of patient information.
• Produce reports and information as required.
• Contribute to organisational quality improvement programmes.

Team Working and Communication

• Work collaboratively