Job offer: Health Records Clerk - Lionel Town Hospital

OrganisationSouthern Regional Health Authority, JamaicaReferenceVAC-51805Contract TypeFull-TimeIndustriesHealthcare & MedicalLocationLionel TownSalary & Benefits$1,792,163 € $2,130,319 per annumDate Posted21/08/2024Expiry Date10/09/2024The incumbent will be responsible for carrying out routine duties such as registration of patients, retrieval of medical records for use by the appropriate persons and to ensure the general upkeep and integrity of all records.

 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Four (4) ‘O’ Level/CXC subjects; including passes in English Language, Mathematics & Biology/or science subject 
• Clerical and/or computer experience is an asset 

 

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Protecting the security of the health records, ensuring that confidentiality is maintained.
• Gathering of demographic, geographic and health related data and history from all patients upon registration, asking all the prompt questions in the database. 
• Registering all patients for the various clinic sessions. 
• Educating patients on the importance of keeping their appointment dates and taking the appointment card when returning to the clinic. 
• Communicating with patients/client as the need arise in relation to their appointment.
• Ensuring that “outguides” are placed in the file for each record removed.
• Completing an inventory for all the records retrieved for the clinic and places a check mark beside the records that are found. 

 

 

 

 

NB. ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED