Medical Records Officer

**Role: Medical Records Officer**

**Location: Rotating across London Bridge Hospital, The Lister Hospital and The Wellington Hospital**

**Full time, 37.5 hours/week**

**Permanent**

**£30,484 per annum + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)**

We are currently recruiting for a Medical Records Officer to join our friendly and experienced Health Information Management (HIM) department, working across three of our hospitals within Central London. The duty of a medical record officer is to provide a responsive, efficient, accurate and secure service for the management of health information within HCA Healthcare UK..

**Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA Healthcare UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. You’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.**

**What you’ll do**:

- To process enquiries regarding health information from patients and their legal representatives, as well as Hospital colleagues.
- To file incoming reports/correspondence into patient records.
- Prepare files for storage, archiving.
- To provide records or information on request.
- Filing, photocopying, letter writing, dealing with telephone enquiries and sundries as required.
- Inputting of data as and when required.
- Responsible for identifying and appropriately rectifying duplicate patient medical records.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Previous experience within a medical records department would be highly regarded.
- Previous experience in collating and interpreting data.
- Computer literate.
- Excellent administrative skills.

**Why HCA UK?**

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.

By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Medical Records Officer you’ll be eligible for:

- 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
- Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
- Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
- Group Life Assurance from day one
- Critical illness cover
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
- Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
- Discounts with over 800 major retailers

**Culture and values**

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

- ** Unique and Individual**: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
- ** Kindness and compassion**: We treat people with kindness and compassion
- ** Honesty, integrity and fairness**: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
- ** Loyalty, respect and dignity**: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

**Reasonable adjustments**

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.

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