Patient Records Clerk
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- Full time
- Permanent
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- Onsite working
- Full time
- Permanent
Posted 3 days ago, 12 Feb
Job ref: dc3ea98ecfd44cafb1f133d3619dde51
Full Job Description
The Records Management team is a small but essential service for the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. We handle health records and subject access requests (SARs) from patients, third parties such as the Police, Solicitors and Other NHS Organisations, which are vital for ensuring that authorised personnel can access patient information. We pride ourselves in providing excellent service to requestors regarding their requirements. As a team we will provide you with full training in all aspects of the role, flexibility and give you with the opportunity to continuously develop. What you need to bring is a positive attitude, great communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and a desire to continually improve the service. Your work base will be F Block Kidderminster, Kidderminster General Hospital, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster, DY11 6RJ for team working, with occasional travel to Worcester. The role is strictly office based due to the nature of the role. Contracted hours 37.5 hours per week over 5 days (7.5 hours) Monday Friday. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch for further information. Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.Main duties of the job A typical day will see you working within the current legal parameters surrounding healthcare records; including the NHS Code of Confidentiality, the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Access to Health Records Act 1990, NHS Records Management Code of Practice, as well as relevant Information Governance Legislation and best practice guidelines. You will create, file, and retrieve case notes, reports and correspondence, ensuring case notes are maintained as per the Policies. You will use your interpersonal skills to process SARs using written and verbal liaison with patients, their families, healthcare professionals, and 3rd parties where necessary. Archiving and destruction of health records pertaining to patients who are no longer in receipt of services is also a vital part of the role ensuring accurate health records are maintained. Part of the role is general typing, photocopying, scanning, printing from electronic patient record system, alongside dealing with telephone, post, and email enquiries on behalf of the department.
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
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