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Job Title: Health Records/Scanning Bureau Clerk Hours per week: 14 hours per week - Permanent Salary: £22,383...
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Job Title: Health Records/Scanning Bureau Clerk
Hours per week: 14 hours per week - Permanent
Salary: £22,383 per annum pro rata
Closing Date: 30th June 2023
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
To provide a timely and accurate Health Records Service to all wards, Outpatient Departments and other departments throughout the Trust. To carry out a wide variety of key tasks to ensure the smooth running and delivery of a highly effective and proficient health records and scanning bureau service.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties and Responsibilities
Prepare files for scanning to ensure that files are organised to the Trust’s agreed format.
To scan prepared records.
Validate records to ensure documents scanned are accurate and legible and can be retrieved. Receive telephone calls and emails enquiring about the retrieval of scanned records including scan on demand.
To prepare health records and documentation for outpatient clinics to provide best possible patient care.
To pull health records for outpatient clinics in accordance with agreed procedures using speed and accuracy to meet set deadlines. On receipt of internal and external communications to locate, retrieve and forward records within stipulated time scales.
To ascertain whereabouts of health records to ensure clinics are complete.
To assist in extensive searches of internal locations, and library searches for misfiles following set procedures to locate missing notes, to enable clinics to be complete and to ensure notes are accessible for authorised users
To raise new sets of notes in accordance with agreed procedures.
To plan and organize own time to ensure workload is prioritised and deadlines are met to ensure health records are in outpatients on time providing best possible patient care whilst continuing to fulfil other tasks and daily procedures of the department.
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Purpose
To provide a timely and accurate Health Records Service to all wards, Outpatient Department and other departments throughout the Trust. To assist with the scanning of patient case notes and Emergency Department documents in the Health Records Scanning Bureau.
Main duties and Responsibilities
1. Prepare files for scanning to ensure that files are organised to the Trust’s agreed
format.
2. To scan prepared records.
3. Validate records to ensure documents scanned are accurate and legible and can be
retrieved.
4. Receive telephone calls and emails enquiring about the retrieval of scanned records
including scan on demand.
5. To prepare health records and documentation for outpatient clinics to provide best
possible patient care.
6. To pull health records for outpatient clinics in accordance with agreed procedures using
speed and accuracy to meet set deadlines. On receipt of internal and external
communications to locate, retrieve and forward records within stipulated time scales.
7. To ascertain whereabouts of health records to ensure clinics are complete.
8. To assist in extensive searches of internal locations, and library searches for misfiles
following set procedures to locate missing notes, to enable clinics to be complete and to
ensure notes are accessible for authorised users
To raise new sets of notes in accordance with agreed procedures.
To plan and organize own time to ensure workload is prioritised and deadlines are met to ensure health records are in outpatients on time providing best possible patient care whilst continuing to fulfil other tasks and daily procedures of the department.
Relationships
Special Requirements
1. To provide and receive routine information verbally, in writing and electronically to inform
work colleagues, patients, public and external contacts authorized to receive this
information
1. To raise new sets of notes in accordance with agreed procedures.
1. To plan and organize own time to ensure workload is prioritised and deadlines are met to
ensure health records are in outpatients on time providing best possible patient care
whilst continuing to fulfil other tasks and daily procedures of the department.
1. To assist colleagues using previous knowledge and experience with any queries relating t
to health records duties.
1. To be able to lift heavy boxes, push trolley’s exerting moderate physical effort on a daily basis in
the preparation of clinics and any other duties within the department.
1. To maintain health records files taking the necessary action to replace and destroy in accordance
with agreed procedures to ensure that the information within is easy accessible for medical staff,
filing any loose reports etc in the relevant section of the notes.
1. To use iRecords system daily to locate and track notes, print labels, view clinics to
ensure all records are up to date and readily available.
1. To be able to adapt working pattern to cover sickness, annual leave and extra clinics
whilst maintaining the necessary time scales.
1. To weed out patients notes ensuring Trust Guidelines are observed.
2. To action all telephone calls escalating to others as appropriate.
3. To ensure incoming and outgoing mail is correctly actioned and delivered to correct
recipient if necessary.
1. To assist in supervision and instruction of new members of staff to follow agreed working
procedures as requested by the team leader.
1. Whilst carrying out duties identify and highlight areas, which may require changes to
working policies and conditions and bring to the attention of the relevant management.
1. To undertake and complete audit documentation as required
1. To attend and contribute to departmental meetings offering ideas to improve and
maintain the service as required.
1. To assist the Team Leader, undertaking any duties relevant to the position held to help
With any operational problems occurring.
Relationships
Internal:
Medical Staff
Secretaries
Ward Clerks
Maternity Records
Porters
Outpatients Staff both Medical and Clerical
Patient Services
Day Care Unit
Bed Bureau
Clinical Audit Department
Coroner
Physiotherapy Department
Clinical Coding
Post Room
Pre-registration
External:
Off-Site Facility
Other Hospitals
Patients
GP Surgeries
Community Services (ie Childcare Development Centres)
Special requirements
The post involves reaching, lifting boxes, pulling and pushing notes onto racks, moving trolleys. Whilst transporting old notes there may be exposure to dust. Due to an increasing number of notes the department often becomes crowded and there is frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions.
Hours per week: 14 hours per week - Permanent
Salary: £22,383 per annum pro rata
Closing Date: 30th June 2023
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
To provide a timely and accurate Health Records Service to all wards, Outpatient Departments and other departments throughout the Trust. To carry out a wide variety of key tasks to ensure the smooth running and delivery of a highly effective and proficient health records and scanning bureau service.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties and Responsibilities
Prepare files for scanning to ensure that files are organised to the Trust’s agreed format.
To scan prepared records.
Validate records to ensure documents scanned are accurate and legible and can be retrieved. Receive telephone calls and emails enquiring about the retrieval of scanned records including scan on demand.
To prepare health records and documentation for outpatient clinics to provide best possible patient care.
To pull health records for outpatient clinics in accordance with agreed procedures using speed and accuracy to meet set deadlines. On receipt of internal and external communications to locate, retrieve and forward records within stipulated time scales.
To ascertain whereabouts of health records to ensure clinics are complete.
To assist in extensive searches of internal locations, and library searches for misfiles following set procedures to locate missing notes, to enable clinics to be complete and to ensure notes are accessible for authorised users
To raise new sets of notes in accordance with agreed procedures.
To plan and organize own time to ensure workload is prioritised and deadlines are met to ensure health records are in outpatients on time providing best possible patient care whilst continuing to fulfil other tasks and daily procedures of the department.
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Purpose
To provide a timely and accurate Health Records Service to all wards, Outpatient Department and other departments throughout the Trust. To assist with the scanning of patient case notes and Emergency Department documents in the Health Records Scanning Bureau.
Main duties and Responsibilities
1. Prepare files for scanning to ensure that files are organised to the Trust’s agreed
format.
2. To scan prepared records.
3. Validate records to ensure documents scanned are accurate and legible and can be
retrieved.
4. Receive telephone calls and emails enquiring about the retrieval of scanned records
including scan on demand.
5. To prepare health records and documentation for outpatient clinics to provide best
possible patient care.
6. To pull health records for outpatient clinics in accordance with agreed procedures using
speed and accuracy to meet set deadlines. On receipt of internal and external
communications to locate, retrieve and forward records within stipulated time scales.
7. To ascertain whereabouts of health records to ensure clinics are complete.
8. To assist in extensive searches of internal locations, and library searches for misfiles
following set procedures to locate missing notes, to enable clinics to be complete and to
ensure notes are accessible for authorised users
To raise new sets of notes in accordance with agreed procedures.
To plan and organize own time to ensure workload is prioritised and deadlines are met to ensure health records are in outpatients on time providing best possible patient care whilst continuing to fulfil other tasks and daily procedures of the department.
Relationships
Special Requirements
1. To provide and receive routine information verbally, in writing and electronically to inform
work colleagues, patients, public and external contacts authorized to receive this
information
1. To raise new sets of notes in accordance with agreed procedures.
1. To plan and organize own time to ensure workload is prioritised and deadlines are met to
ensure health records are in outpatients on time providing best possible patient care
whilst continuing to fulfil other tasks and daily procedures of the department.
1. To assist colleagues using previous knowledge and experience with any queries relating t
to health records duties.
1. To be able to lift heavy boxes, push trolley’s exerting moderate physical effort on a daily basis in
the preparation of clinics and any other duties within the department.
1. To maintain health records files taking the necessary action to replace and destroy in accordance
with agreed procedures to ensure that the information within is easy accessible for medical staff,
filing any loose reports etc in the relevant section of the notes.
1. To use iRecords system daily to locate and track notes, print labels, view clinics to
ensure all records are up to date and readily available.
1. To be able to adapt working pattern to cover sickness, annual leave and extra clinics
whilst maintaining the necessary time scales.
1. To weed out patients notes ensuring Trust Guidelines are observed.
2. To action all telephone calls escalating to others as appropriate.
3. To ensure incoming and outgoing mail is correctly actioned and delivered to correct
recipient if necessary.
1. To assist in supervision and instruction of new members of staff to follow agreed working
procedures as requested by the team leader.
1. Whilst carrying out duties identify and highlight areas, which may require changes to
working policies and conditions and bring to the attention of the relevant management.
1. To undertake and complete audit documentation as required
1. To attend and contribute to departmental meetings offering ideas to improve and
maintain the service as required.
1. To assist the Team Leader, undertaking any duties relevant to the position held to help
With any operational problems occurring.
Relationships
Internal:
Medical Staff
Secretaries
Ward Clerks
Maternity Records
Porters
Outpatients Staff both Medical and Clerical
Patient Services
Day Care Unit
Bed Bureau
Clinical Audit Department
Coroner
Physiotherapy Department
Clinical Coding
Post Room
Pre-registration
External:
Off-Site Facility
Other Hospitals
Patients
GP Surgeries
Community Services (ie Childcare Development Centres)
Special requirements
The post involves reaching, lifting boxes, pulling and pushing notes onto racks, moving trolleys. Whilst transporting old notes there may be exposure to dust. Due to an increasing number of notes the department often becomes crowded and there is frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions.
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