Medical Records Clerk - Peterborough, United Kingdom - The Hamptons Hospital

The Hamptons Hospital
The Hamptons Hospital
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Peterborough, United Kingdom

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About the role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and proactive Medical records clerks to support our records department.

The department is responsible for preparing, organising and storing records for Outpatient/ In-Patients episodes on a daily basis. They are also responsible for overseeing the accurate scanning and filing of patient notes and documents to the system.


Overall Responsibilities will include:


  • Establishing, and maintaining the medical records department for the Hamptons Hospital.
  • Organisation of the records library (including off site archive if applicable), accurately and to very high standards.
  • Ensure the safe and secure movement of incoming/ outgoing records between the medical records library and hospital departments
  • Accurately scanning and verifying the transfer and quality of patient documents onto the Computerbased Systems.
  • Ensuring all original documents are filed and indexed correctly, in accordance with the hospital processes, and easily retrievable when required.
  • Ensure the confidential, and secure destruction of all patient documents that are not required to be kept in hard copy.

Day to day Duties:


  • Ensuring all records required within the hospital are created, prepared, updated, and delivered to the locations required in a timely manner with due diligence.
  • Ensuring all used records are collected and returned into the medical records library.
  • Use of the computerbased systems to input, change, maintain accurate locations of medical records as they move throughout the hospital.
  • Ensuring all original documents returned are scanned, filed, and indexed correctly, both on the computerbased system and in hardcopy, in accordance with the hospital procedures.
  • Safely and securely manoeuvring the record trolleys around a busy hospital when delivering/ collecting documents.
  • Manage your own workload to ensure work is completed within required deadlines.
  • Identify and preempt operational problems, and suggest practical solutions, escalating when required.
  • Working with the Information Governance lead to ensuring all patient enquiries, and access to information requests are dealt with in a timely/ professional manner.
  • Comply with health and safety instructions and policies
  • Maintain good housekeeping of all work areas
  • Maintain all equipment and report any issues appropriately
  • Always maintain good working relationships with colleagues
  • Other Ad-Hoc duties required by the management

Other Duties:


  • Training of new employees in the hospital of our records handling processes
  • Providing clerical/ admin support to the hospital and wider admin team
  • Participate in record department audits
  • Participate in appraisals and performance reviews
  • The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list and may be reviewed/ amended to meet the business needs_.

Job Types:
Part-time, Zero hours contract


Pay:
£11.60 per hour


Expected hours:
No less than 20 per week


Benefits:


  • Company pension
  • Free parking
  • Onsite parking
  • Private medical insurance
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Flexitime
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Peterborough, PE7 8FD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

Records Clerk: 1 year (required)


Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 31/05/2024

Expected start date: 03/06/2024
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