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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
GGC Wide Post, initially based at Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, covering Beatson, Gartnaval General and West Glasgow ACH.
Assist Health Records Manager in the operational management of the Health Records Service, providing leadership to Health Records staff, by managing a comprehensive and efficient Health Records Service both electronic and manual to support effective clinical care and development and introduction of processes to ensure conformity to legislation and best practice.
To control assist with the management of budget following Directorate Scheme of Delegation and processes, including authorised signatory for the Department payroll; overtime; travelling expenses; & stationery/supplies orders.
To be responsible for the maintenance, security, confidentiality of patient sensitive data in compliance with current legislation including the production of patient records for legal purposes, ensuring that data released is appropriate, meets the requirements of the enquirer and is carried out in line with Government legislation, access to Health Records, Medical Reports and General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) and report into the Health Records Manager
o Specialist Knowledge and understanding of Legislation and its application concerning Health Records as well as National Initiatives such as the Outpatient Waiting Times Directive, Electronic Clinical Communications Implementation (ECCI) and Scottish Care Initiative (SCI).
o Up to date knowledge of national guidelines relating to Electronic Health Records, Caldicott, Clinical and Information Governance agendas relating to Records Management, 18 week RTT, New Ways and TTG
o Significant experience across a multi-sectional Health Records Service
o Experience of Patient Administration Systems.
o Evidence of successful management of change in a large complex organisation.
o Experience of Microsoft Office packages: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint and Outlook
This post is Fixed Term until 02/05/2023
Informal Contact
Eileen Monaghan, Health Records Manager on 0141 301 7388 / 211 3033
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Pack
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