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Job overview

The post holder will be required to work as part of a team within the Health Records Department to
ensure the effective organisation and preparation of Health Records for all hospital activity.

The post holder will be required to liaise effectively with colleagues and other departments within
the hospital in a professional and pleasant manner and to ensure the confidentiality of information
and patient details is adhered to at all times, in accordance with the Data Protection Act, Caldicott Guidelines and other Trust Policies and Procedures.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of a team to locate and retrieve Health Records for all hospital activity, including clinic attendances, admissions etc.  This includes the retrieval of Health Records from off-site storage centers in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• To work within a team to provide a partially closed library reception service to all staff wishing to access the Health Records Department.
• To re-file Health Records in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• To deal with telephone and email enquiries both internally and externally in a professional and pleasant manner.
• To maintain an efficient system for the location and monitoring of missing Health Records, ensuring comprehensive recording and reporting of these in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.
• To create Health Records for new patients, ensuring all relevant and correct documentation is available for preparation for the patient’s attendance.  Also ensuring all patient demographic information is recorded accurately on both paper and electronic records.
• To prepare Health Records for patient attendances (clinic attendances, admissions etc.), ensuring all relevant, correct and up to date documentation is available within the Health Records, filed according to instruction, and to ensure the Health Records are delivered in a timely manner to the relevant locations.

Working for our organisation

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.