Medical Records Clerk - POW
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
This post offers an opportunity to an individual with administration experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for retrieval of case notes for Outpatient Clinics and emergency admissions and also the filing back of these case notes in the Filing Library.
The post will be based in the Medical Records Department at the Princess of Wales Hospital and the hours of work will be as follows -
Monday - Friday - 08:30 - 16:30
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join a well established team of staff who are responsible for the filing and retrieval of case notes within the Filing Library. The successful candidate must be numerate and literate and must be able to work under pressure.On the job training will be provided.
Experience working in a busy office environment is desirable but training on the job will be provided.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "apply now" to view in Trac.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria- Good standard of general education or relevant experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Good communication and keyboard skills
Experience
Essential criteria- Working in a busy office environment
If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.