Health Records Officer

Job summary

The Health Records Officer is key to providing routine clerical support within the Health Records Department to ensure an effective and efficient service to all users.

You will operate as part of the Trust's Digital Services Team which brings huge benefits in terms of shared learning to improve our services for patients and superb opportunities for staff personal and professional development and career advancement.

Main duties of the job

Retrieval and filing of case notes, identify and filter case notes in accordance with Trust Policies, KPI's and departmental SOP's.

To ensure that documentation is scanned into the system, accurately and to agreed targets and timescales.

To review the storage of case notes both on and off-site when reviewing for retention and destruction, ensuring data corresponds with the Patient Administration System (PAS) meeting the information governance standards.

This position will be based in the Clinic Prep team and will be mainly desk-based, although you will be expected to help other areas of the department as and when required, including our departments on the Royal Derby and Florence Nightingale sites

There is a requirement to work at height and also to handle large case notes safely which can weigh over 10kg

The ability to work these core hours is essential to the appointment of these roles

Closing date of applications: 27 December 2023

Interview date:10 January 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Johnson Building

Locomotive Way, Pride Park

Derby

DE24 8PU

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Johnson Building

Locomotive Way, Pride Park

Derby

DE24 8PU

Employer's website

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

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