Document Administrator

at  Bridge House Medical Centre

All tasks should be carried out in accordance with practice policies and procedures. To manage the information received by the Practice to enable provision of excellent patient care and ensure the patient records are kept up to date and accurate. To improve the quality of the data held. To facilitate sharing of patient records and data with other providers of health and social care.
Assign medical records with codes for diagnosis, procedures and other health related data. Ensure codes are accurate and sequenced correctly in accordance with government and insurance regulations. Communicate with clinical and non-clinical staff regarding documentation as required. Search for information in cases where the coding is complex or unusual.
Ensure that all codes are current and active on patients records. To categorise, route and allocate both paper and electronic to the correct team or clinician. Ensuring patient records are updated accurately and in a timely fashion. To monitor your workload and report to your line manager.
To work as a positive and supportive team member, providing cover for similar posts as required. To attend meetings, training and potentially conferences as appropriate for the role and if required. To identify areas for quality improvement, risk avoidance or development. To keep up to date with practice information including policy and procedure changes, staff rotas, alerts and service provisions.
Other such duties, appropriate to the post, as may be required by the line manager, Senior Management or Partners

Please refer the Job description for details