Job Description
Casual Health Records Clerks (1 posts available) – These roles will predominantly be based at Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle but some flexibility may be required in order to cover some days at the Health Records department in Kingmoor Park, Carlisle. Full or part time hours available.
The role requires a good level of physical fitness due the requirement to walk significant distances every day to deliver health records trolleys to hospital departments. Manual handling training will also be provided due to the requirement to safely pack/unpack and move boxes of health records throughout the day.
Departments and areas of work – Health records and related services including libraries, filing and pulling notes, location and retrieval of notes not in the library.
Duties
To provide the day to day operation of a high quality, effective and efficient Health Records Service, which will include:
Receiving deliveries of boxed patient records, handling records and delivering them to desired site locations on trolleys
Collecting health records for return from a variety of locations across the Cumberland Infirmary site.
Boxing up health records in order to support the reloading of vans for return to the Health Records department..
Dealing with enquiries regarding location of patient records and searching for records in set locations with the use of a hand-held scanning device.
- Provide and maintain a secure system for the custody and production of confidential Healthcare Records for the care and treatment of patients including filing , locating, retrieving, preparing patients’ records for admissions and clinics.
- Provide a polite, professional and efficient service in all communications including telephone and face to face requests for information and all service users.
- Meet requests for information within dictated deadlines.
- Handle patient’s case notes during the course of their working day. Filing, pulling notes, lifting and moving notes, pushing loaded trolleys, climb steps.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Casual Health Records Clerk
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Date posted: 25 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £24,169 a year Per annum Pro rata
Contract: Bank
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 262-A-24-6736592-A
Job locations
North Cumbria Integrated Care NCIC
Unit G, Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
CA6 4SN
Application process
If you’re interested click on official website to apply