Assistant Health Records & Information Management Officer III at Kwale County Government

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Receiving and registering patients at hospital reception
• Registering and booking appointment for patients to Specialty clinics and consultants;
• Storing and retrieving medical records; preparing clinics; updating bed bureau;
• Editing of patient cases records; capturing data from service points; maintaining record safety and confidentiality; balancing daily bed returns;
• Preparing and maintaining Patient Master Index; creating and updating of Patient Master Index;
• Directing patients to relevant clinics; scheduling of patients to the consultants and Specialty clinics;
• Assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures;
• Indexing diseases and surgical procedures according to the International Classification of Diseases and Procedures in Medicine and compiling medical records reports.
• Any other relevant duty and responsibility within the County Health Department

Qualifications:

• Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution.