Health Records Clerk INTERNAL

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Bangor; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

The Health Records Clerk at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board provides essential support to ongoing patient care by ensuring casenotes are in the right place at the right time. This role supports the Health Records service within a Digital Records future and aids the Health Records Operational Plan under the Health Records Co-ordinator/Assistant Site Manager.

The post requires attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to work to deadlines in a busy Records

Qualifications

• Eye for detail and accuracy with proven communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Retrieval, filing and preparation of casenotes to support patient care.
• Ensure casenotes are delivered and prepared to Service Level agreements.
• Undertake weeding of existing case notes in line with Retention and Destruction Policy.
• Maintain accuracy of the Patient tracking system.
• Assist with outpatient reception service as part of a professional process.

Skills

Attention to detail

Proven communication skills

Job description

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD The Health Records Clerk will be responsible for providing an essential support service in the continuing care of patients, ensuring that the casenotes are at the right place at the right time.

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD The Health Records Clerk will be responsible for providing an essential support service in the continuing care of patients, ensuring that the casenotes are at the right place at the right time.

To actively promote the vision for the Health Records service working towards a Digital Records future and support the delivery of modernisation plans for Health Records. This will require the post holder to support with the delivery of the Health Records Operational Plan by supporting the Health Records Co-ordinator/ Assistant Site Manager.

Main duties of the job

Do you have an eye for detail and accuracy and do you have proven communication skills?

If so then we would like to hear from you in connection to our Health Records vacancy. The Records department provides an essential support service. This is not your typical administrative post. The duties are predominantly centred around the physical retrieval, filing and preparation of case notes in conjunction with an efficient and professional outpatient reception service.

The successful candidate will assist in the provision of case notes for patient care both Outpatient and Acute ensuring that all case notes are delivered and prepared to Service Level agreements.

The post holder will be expected to undertake weeding of existing case notes in line with the organisations Retention and Destruction Policy, ensuring that the Patient tracking system is accurate and up to date.

This is a very busy department and we work to tight deadlines in completion of our work therefore it is essential that your application demonstrates good communication, ability to work to tight deadlines, ability to work under your own initiative and ability to prioritise your workload with a high level of accuracy (please see job description and person specification for full details).

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

Skills

Essential Criteria

• Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification