Clinical Record Summariser/Coder - General Practice

Job summary

The Patient Services Team is at the forefront of the Practice, and we pride ourselves on providing an efficient, courteous, compassionate, and caring service to our patients. The successful candidate will join our coding and summarising team and would ideally have previous experience of working in a busy office environment in an administrative function, ideally in General Practice. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Proven IT skills are essential and experience with using SystmOne would be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of this role will be to Summarise and Read Code relevant information from the patients clinical records into the practices SystmOne computer system.

You will be required to ensure diagnosis and investigations are reflected accurately on a patients medical record.

You will work as part of our current team to assist the GPs with the flow of correspondence that comes into the practice, including hospital letters, reports, and other patient communications. Identifying documents to send to the Clinical Team for review such as medication changes and hospital results.

Organising new patient records and letters in preparation for summarising. Reviewing medical records and producing an accurate summary of the patients medical history to include identifying the higher risk areas that require input.

About us

We are a forward-thinking dynamic and friendly partnership always striving to improve our care, processes and efficiency utilising new technologies where possible.

The practice is committed to offering flexible, modern employment practices, which recognise that all staff need to strike a sensible balance between home and work life so flexible hours will be considered. We welcome applicants who have experience of working in a GP practice/other healthcare setting