Health Records and Information Officer (5 Posts) at The County Government of West Pokot

Duties and responsibilities

• Receiving patients at hospital reception,
• Registering and booking appointment for patients to clinics and consultants,
• Control of reception, registration and appointment procedures;
• Storing and retrieving medical records and documents,
• Supervision of staff in the section;
• Maintenance of bed bureau and waiting list procedures for inpatients;
• Supervision of storage and retrieval of medical records;
• Coordinating the collection of medical statistics from the various sections of the department.
• Supervision of coding and indexing of diseases and international classification of procedures in medicine;
• Maintenance of patients’ master index, diagnostic index, surgical operation index and other medical records indices;
• All the other duties relating medical records management, which may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements for appointments

• Diploma/Certificate in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution. and
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.
• Should be registered with the Association of Medical Records Officers of Kenya