Medical Records Officer/Executive

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Medical Records Officer/Executive. The Medical Records Officer/Executive will be responsible for organizing and maintaining medical records for patients in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, including digitization and confidential handling of patient information. The Officer/Executive will work closely with other healthcare professionals in the hospital to ensure the proper and efficient flow of patient information.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure accuracy, completeness, confidentiality, security, and safekeeping of patients’ health information records in compliance with statutory regulations, legislations, and accreditation standards.
• Ensure timely completion of medical reports and the medical information is released in accordance with hospital policy.
• Provide statistical reports and information required by the management and external bodies.
• Handles birth and death registration, evaluates, assesses, and inputs proper ICD-10/11 coding and submission to the Ministry of Health, and handles medical reports with authorized third parties.

Qualifications

• Degree in Record Management/Health Administration or equivalent
• Possess a minimum of 2 years of working experience in the Medical Records Department in a hospital setting.
• Computer literacy