Health Records Officer

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., The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• 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.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. 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