Vacancy within Health Records Department, Burnley General Hospital .
Monday -Friday 1pm â 5pm, 20 hours per week
We have a small team of people working in Health Records on the Burnley site, they are conscientious, caring, reliable and compassionate, all qualities which are essential to working in the NHS.
The role involves delivering and collecti ng casenotes around the Burnley site. There i s a lot of walking involved on a dail y basis, you will ce rta i nly get your step count in!
Provision of a comprehensive and efficient Health Records Service to patients/service users within the East Lancashire Health Community, ensur ing a high level of Customer Care whilst maintaining confidentiality at all times. Together with clerical/admin experience, keyboard skills, a polite and pleasant manner, you will be part of this team. .
This role involves a lot of manual handling and is a physical environment.
General Duties will include the following:
* Provide an accurate and efficient filing and retrieval service for medical casenotes.
* Access the Cerner Milleni um system.
* Archive casenotes as/when require d
* Locate and extract medical casenotes for patients attending clinic and for both elective and emergency admissions.
* Request and ensure delivery of health records for patients either attending a clinic or an admission, from all departments within this Trust and other hospitals.
* Prioritise own workload ensuring agreed timescales are met each day involving the provision of case notes.
* Provide a courier service which involves the collection of health records onsite and offsite, for emergency admissions during a ll shifts
* Adhere to departmental policies and procedures and participate in audits in order to maintain data quality and provide an efficient service.
* Cull, prepare and record health records for offsite storage and redirect upon request.
* Frequent physical effort is required for long periods during a shift, therefore all moving and handling guidelines must be followed and staff must attend all training courses as required by the department manager.
You must be an organised person with the ability to work on your own or as part of a tea m.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we may use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
Please note, although this role is being advertised by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, it will transfer to OneLSC a Corporate Collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust on 1.11.24. There are no plans to change the location of the role.
We have a fantastic team of people who are conscientious, caring, reliable and compassionate, all qualities which are essential to the NHS.
Adhere to departmental policies and procedures and participate in audits in order to maintain data quality and provide an efficient service.
Frequent physical effort is required for long periods during a shift, therefore all moving and handling guidelines must be followed and staff must attend all training courses as required by the department manager