Job summary
An opportunity has arisen in the Scanning Bureau at the West Suffolk hospital.
This is for 30 hours per week, 7.5 hrs four days a week, the ideal candidate will need to have excellent IT skills, have the ability to prioritise workload, make informed decisions and be able to work well in a small team.
Main duties of the job
The overall objectives are to transfer Patient records from Paper to an Electronic version within set time scales, ensuring accuracy of all data processed. The post holder will use multiple data sources and systems to upload electronic patient records for inpatient, outpatient, day cases alongside scanning for external agencies.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description attached to view roles main duties and responsibilities.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see job description attached to view roles main duties and responsibilities.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- oMaths and English to GCSE A-C or equivalent
- oMedical terminology to understand what abbreviated terms mean in relation to the patient record
Desirable
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- oExperience of working within a Scanning Bureau in an administration role
Desirable
- oNHS experience
- oClerical experience
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oExcellent IT skills
- oAbility to work calmly in a busy environment
- oAn ability to use initiative in the prioritisation of workload
- oAbility to make accurate and informed decisions under time pressure
- oAbility to concentrate for long periods
- oBe able to work to strict targets
- oTo be able to work with distressing and sensitive information, including clinical photography and post mortems
Desirable
- oInterpersonal skills
- oTime management skills
- oAbility to analyse
Personal qualities
Essential
- oDecisive and collaborative team member
- oSelf-motivated
- oFlexible approach to working hours and duties
- efficient
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- oMaths and English to GCSE A-C or equivalent
- oMedical terminology to understand what abbreviated terms mean in relation to the patient record
Desirable
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- oExperience of working within a Scanning Bureau in an administration role
Desirable
- oNHS experience
- oClerical experience
Skills and abilities
Essential
- oExcellent IT skills
- oAbility to work calmly in a busy environment
- oAn ability to use initiative in the prioritisation of workload
- oAbility to make accurate and informed decisions under time pressure
- oAbility to concentrate for long periods
- oBe able to work to strict targets
- oTo be able to work with distressing and sensitive information, including clinical photography and post mortems
Desirable
- oInterpersonal skills
- oTime management skills
- oAbility to analyse
Personal qualities
Essential
- oDecisive and collaborative team member
- oSelf-motivated
- oFlexible approach to working hours and duties
- efficient
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.
