Health Records and Information Management Assistant II at Kwale County Government

Job Description

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

JOB GROUP ‘H’

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities at this level will entail:-

• Receiving patients at hospital reception
• Registering and booking appointment for patients to clinics and consultants
• Storing and retrieving medical records and documents
• Preparing clinics
• Updating bed bureaus
• Editing patients cases records
• Gathering data from different sources
• Capturing data from service points
• Maintaining record safety and confidentiality
• Balancing daily bed returns
• Creating and maintaining master index
• Updating patient master index
• Directing patients to relevant clinics
• Scheduling patients to the consultants and specialty clinics
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures according to the International Statistical classification of diseases and procedures in medicine; and
  
  Preparing medical records and reports

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:-

• Served in the grade of Health Records and Information Management Assistant III for a minimum period of three (3) years
• Certificate in Health Records and Information Management from a recognized institution
• Certificate in Computer applications skills from a recognized institution; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results