EPR Assistant - Health Records

The Role

To 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 post will work across the Health Records Services structure however the postholder may be the designated lead for particular workloads and customers.

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.

• 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.

• Experience of the production process of an EPR record gained by in depth understanding of scanning process
• Previous experience of working in a health records environment with an electronic focus

Fixed Term (12 Months)

Full time

37 Hours

Please note this is a 12 Months fixed term post. 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.

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

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday between 08:00 - 18:00

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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

Please contact Joyce Davidson, Health Records Manager on joyce.davi

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Adam Thomson, Recruitment Administrator on adam.tho (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

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 Scottish Public Pension)
• 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.

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process,…