Health Records Officer

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; Vor Ort; GBP 21.000 - 25.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Gym membership discount

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Zusammenfassung

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking motivated Health Records Officers to join the Health Records Team. The role involves handling patient records across our sites, ensuring timely access for clinical teams and safe patient care.

You will retrieve, track, prepare, deliver and file records, scan documents into the Electronic Patient Record, and support retention and destruction processes. Roles are fixed-term until March 2027, with site preference considered.

Qualifikationen

• Strong organisational skills and reliability.
• Ability to handle large casenotes and physical records.
• Experience with scanning into electronic records.

Aufgaben

• Retrieve, track, prepare, deliver and file patient health records.
• Scan documentation into the Electronic Patient Record.
• Review paper casenotes to support retention and destruction processes.
• Support the wider administration function within Health Records Service.

Kenntnisse

Record retrieval

Record tracking

Record preparation

Record delivery

Filing

Jobbeschreibung

An opportunity has arisen to join our Health Records Team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Health Records Officers undertake a varied role involving retrieval, tracking, movement, preparation and management of patient records, alongside a range of administrative duties. We are seeking motivated, reliable and organised individuals to support the management of patient health records across our sites. The role is vital in ensuring clinical teams have timely access to patient information, supporting the delivery of safe and effective patient care.

• Retrieving, tracking, preparing, delivering and filing patient health records.
• Ensuring that all documentation is scanned accurately into the Electronic Patient Record.
• Reviewing paper casenotes to support retention and destruction processes.
• Supporting the wider administration function within the Health Records Service.

Whilst core responsibilities of the role are the same across both locations, there are some differences in the day-to-day working environment:

• Extended periods of desk-based administrative work (both sites)
• Handling large casenotes and bundles which may weigh over 10kg (both sites)
• Regular movement and transportation of health records(both sites)
• Use of roll cages and manual handling activities (both sites)
• Greater levels of working at height (TJB site)
• Some working at height(RDH site)
• Retrieval and delivery of records to clinics, involving frequent walking across the hospital site(RDH site)
• A requirement to support other areas of the department, across all our locations, as required to maintain service delivery (both sites)

As part of your application, you will be asked to indicate your site preference to ensure successful candidates are matched to vacancies that best suit their preferences and the needs of the service. Roles will be fixed term contracts until end of March 2027.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day
• We employ 12,000 staff across our 5 hospital sites