Job overview
Fixed term for 12 months
The Department is looking to recruit a highly motivated Health Records Team Leader to work as part of a team of clerks, team leaders and supervisors that retrieve notes from the records library, prepare them for outpatient clinics or in-patient admissions and ensure that they are tracked and monitored correctly throughout the Trust’s hospital sites. The successful candidate will also be part of a team that is supporting the Trust in its drive towards a digital records platform which will include assisting Health Records supervisor to oversee a new scanning bureau.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of, and provide leadership to, the assigned Health Records team by ensuring the delivery of an effective and professional records service, ensuring all team members are adequately trained to be able to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
To provide first line management of Health Records Clerks within your designated section e.g. Absence management, Mandatory Training and Appraisals.
To ensure compliance with Information Governance, Data Protection, Patient Confidentiality and all Trust policies for yourself and Health Records clerks within your section.
To provide overall leadership and management of the Health Records department, helping to ensure outstanding service is always delivered and even when there re absences.
To lead by example in all interactions with colleagues both internal and external to HHFT demonstrating the core values of the HHFT.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached
Please note this role may require the successful candidate to work across all 3 sites inline with service needs.
Person specification
Qualifiations
Essential criteria
1. A level or equivalent level 3 qualification
Desirable criteria
2. University degree or equivalent qualification
3. Evidence of continuing professional development
IT Literacy
Essential criteria
4. Evidence of ability to use a variety of IT systems
Desirable criteria
5. Experience of using Hospital IT systems
Management Experience
Essential criteria
6. Experience of effective team leadership/line management
Desirable criteria
7. Experience of providing informal training and inductions
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
8. Ability to manage conflicting priorities and a large varied and unpredictable workload
9. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Desirable criteria
10. Previous experience working within NHS or Medical Records Environment
11. Change management skills