The Role

An opportunity has arisen for an EPR Assistant based within University Hospital Wishaw. You will liaise closely with Health Records Managers, Directorate Support Managers, Clinicians and eHealth to assist in the process of scanning, compression and uploading of records and to ensure the data quality of the electronic record. The EPR Assistant will work across the Health Records Services structure however you may be the designated lead for particular workloads and customers.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

Educated to HND/HNC level or equivalent, plus experience within Health Records scanning environment A specialist knowledge and experience of the patient journey, scanning and application of Clinical Documentation indexing standards application of NHS data definitions, information standards and policies is required. Effective communication skills are required to present and advise on EPR processes and implications and provide instruction and guidance on procedures and standards. An ability to identify and resolve straightforward technical and organisational obstacles to the EPR production process is required. Planning and organising of own workload is required.

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months

Full time

37 hours

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Health Records within University Hospital Wishaw.

The working pattern for this role Monday to Friday between 8am - 4pm

Looking to find out more?

If you're looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service A minimum of 8 days of public holidays Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the ) Paid sick leave increasing with length of service Occupational health services Employee counselling services Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .

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