Healthcare Records Team Leader | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Maidstone/Tunbridge Wells/Paddock Wood, ME16 9QQ |
| Company: | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6303425/359-CORP12397-E |
Summary
The Health Records Department consists of Six core services based over three sites, and serves all Directorates and our patients. In this role you will provide leadership and expertise within the Subject Access Request team.
This is an exciting opportunity to become a line manager within our expanding Subject Access Request team. You will be overseeing the Department’s response to SARs made under the Data Protection Act (DPA) by patients and their representatives, and managing the team who will be determining what personal information can be disclosed and where it is appropriate to engage an exemption to withhold information under the DPA. A flexible, positive and can-do attitude is vital, using your resource to support the team where needed to achieve full compliance with all the SARs it receives. You will join a large team that is looking to investigate the use of new technology available to manage challenging work and increase efficiencies.
At present we have the following vacancies:
• Paddock Wood Health Records – Subject Access Request Team Leader• Full time position: 37.5 hours per week (this may include Saturday working on a rota system, working pattern will not exceed a 5-day working week)
OR
• • Or part time position may be considered (this may include Saturday working on a rota system, working pattern will not exceed a 5-day working week)
Full details of the main duties are provided in the job description.
The successful candidate will be expected to ensure the Health Record teams deliver high quality core services across the organisation, by leading and managing a team to include managing attendance, daily KPI’s, and the implementation of standards relating to Health Records practices, policies and procedures. They must be pro-active and work with relevant staff and departments to meet the changing needs of the Trust. The work can require manual handling duties (lifting boxes up to 9kg) and be mentally demanding.
Successful applicants will require:
· Ability to co-ordinate and monitor the day to day operational issues within the Healthcare Records core services, ensuring that an effective and efficient service is provided to all service users.
· To ensure compliance/requirements with Health Records related statutory regulations and that legislation relating to the retention, preservation, and destruction of clinical records and associated documents and all other requirements are adhered to by all staff.
· To ensure healthcare records for subject access requests are located and disclosed in accordance with current legislation, Department of Health guidance, Trust Policy and Information Governance toolkit standards for patients and their representatives.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atStandard Level.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: Wednesday 12th June 2024
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024
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