Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Health Records Clerk

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Job summary

The Healthcare Records Department is responsible for the management, storage and provision of records for all outpatient clinics and admitted patients at Andover War Memorial Hospital, Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester.

Main duties of the job

The Health Records Department is responsible for the management, storage and provision of records for all patients. Working as part of a team as clerks, Team leaders & Supervisors, Health care records are created and prepared for patients throughout the Trust hospital sites.As a Health Records Clerk your role is to provide a flexible comprehensive and accurate health records service to the rest of the trust, working between the hours 8:00 - 16:00 Monday to Friday.This will entail creation and preparation of temporary health records (E-Notes) for patients across our trust, preparing E-Notes for scanning both at our off-site facility and within our onsite scanning bureau, and electronic tracking of the E-Notes.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Details

Date posted

15 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

251-FCSS0016-HRC

Job locations

Basingstoke Hospital

Aldermaston road

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

Please note there may be a requirement to work across all HHFT sites to support service needs.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.

Please note there may be a requirement to work across all HHFT sites to support service needs.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Maths and English GCSE equivalent to Grade C or Grade 4
  • IT Literate - able to use a variety of software packages

Desirable

  • Evidence of Further Education
  • I.T. qualification or evidence of equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of being able to work well in a team

Desirable

  • Evidence of previous employment

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively by email, telephone and in person

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the role that medical records play in providing acute hospital services
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Maths and English GCSE equivalent to Grade C or Grade 4
  • IT Literate - able to use a variety of software packages

Desirable

  • Evidence of Further Education
  • I.T. qualification or evidence of equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of being able to work well in a team

Desirable

  • Evidence of previous employment

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively by email, telephone and in person

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the role that medical records play in providing acute hospital services

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke Hospital

Aldermaston road

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Employer's website

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke Hospital

Aldermaston road

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Employer's website

https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Health Records Supervisor

Richenda Dowsett

Richenda.dowsett@hhft.nhs.uk

01256313066

Details

Date posted

15 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

251-FCSS0016-HRC

Job locations

Basingstoke Hospital

Aldermaston road

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA


Supporting documents

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