Health Records Assistant

Job summary

Are you looking for your first step into a rewarding career with the NHS?

Would you like to be part of a team that plays a pivotal part in helping patients receive the care they require?

We are looking for dynamic individuals to join our Health Records team at Broomfield Hospital.

You will be responsible for providing patient records in a timely manner to wards and clinics for consultations. You should have a proven track record in handling health records and ability to work to deadlines.

We are currently recruiting for full time and part time post between the hours of 07:00 -22:00 to be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to provide an effective Healthcare Records service for Mid Essex Hospital in accordance with agreed policies and procedures with direct/indirect supervision of the Health Records Team Leader.

The Health Records Centre cover a variety of functions and the aim of the department is to ensure that Health Records folders are promptly available for all ongoing patient care.

To work as an active member of the Health Records team in providing efficient support to the heath records service for the trust.

Ensure Healthcare Records are available and prepared for outpatient clinics and all inpatients and other ad-hoc requests are made available to the requester within agreed timescales and deadlines, both clinical and non-clinical.

Have an understanding of the consequences when records are not available and be able to deal with occasional exposure to stressful situations.

On a daily basis, input data for computerised tracking systems and interpretation the borrower codes and location of records.

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Previous applicants need not apply.

Please refer to attached job description for full list of responsibilities.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Good standard of literacy - demonstrated through minimal spelling and grammatical errors on application

IT skills Microsoft Office demonstrated through work history

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a team

Desirable

Previously work with chronological digits

Evidence of working in a customer care environment

Previous NHS experience

Evidence of working with confidential information