Medical Records Clerk

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an administrative professional to support the Patient Administration Team and Clinic Preparation, ensuring case notes are complete and readily available for clinic appointments.

The role involves handling patient notes, ensuring all paperwork and correspondence are included, and supporting a patient-centered pathway in a busy NHS environment. Regular lifting of notes up to 25kg is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in admin and clerical roles.
• Ability to handle paperwork and correspondence.
• Capable of lifting and moving paperwork up to 25kg.

Responsibilities

• Ensure case notes are readily available for clinic appointments.
• Verify notes contain all necessary paperwork and essential correspondence.
• Support SFHT Patient Pathway by promoting efficiency in healthcare services.

Skills

Attention to detail

Administrative tasks

Clerical experience

Job description

Do you want to reach your 10,000 steps a day? If so, Medical Records is the department for you. Are you enthusiastic, efficient, and passionate about making a difference in people's lives? We want YOU to be a part of our dedicated Patient Administration Team. As a valued member of our Clinic Preparation and Case Note Store departments, you'll embark on a fulfilling journey that promises growth and satisfaction. Would you like to work in admin and clerical but not be sat at your desk all day?

What You'll Do

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to ensure a seamless patient experience by guaranteeing that all case notes are readily available for clinic appointments. Your sharp attention to detail will be put to the test as you ensure each set of notes contains all the necessary paperwork and essential correspondence. By doing so, you'll be a driving force behind the SFHT Patient Pathway, promoting efficiency and excellence in healthcare services.

Join us on this fulfilling career path and make a positive impact in healthcare.

This position involves regular lifting and moving of patient case notes, often in boxes weighing up to 25kg.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Role

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tia Ford Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01623 622515

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