Medical Records & Statistics Lead at Tenwek Hospital

Mission Statement: "Tenwek Hospital is a Christian community committed to excellence in compassionate healthcare, spiritual ministry, and training for service to the glory of God." The hospital was founded in 1937 by missionaries from World Gospel Mission and has since grown to be a leading teaching and referral hospital in the region and one...

 

Medical Records & Statistics Lead

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience5 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldData, Business Analysis and AI  , Medical / Healthcare 

Purpose of the position:
The overall purpose of this job is to maintain routine medical record-keeping operations and healthcare information management to ensure secure, accurate and reliable patient information management that complies with data and privacy regulations.
Duties and Responsibility:

  • Collect, check completeness and edit daily discharge charts for assigned wards in line with set guidelines;
  • Assign International Classification of Diseases in Oncology (ICD-O) to cancer patient in line with the World Health
  • Organization guidelines and report to the National regulatory bodies
  • Assign International Classification of Diseases (ICD 0) code to each patient’s diagnosis in line with World Health Organization guidelines;
  • Fill in addressographs on patients’ charts to ensure completeness of patients’ information;
  • Register all deaths in the assigned wards in timely manner;
  • Register clients in the hospital health Information management system and assign the unique patient identifier
  • Prepare and compile daily statistics and hospital documents statistics for the assigned wards in line with established guidelines;
  • Prepare and issue birth notifications for new born babies in the maternity ward as applicable;
  • Compile and ensure timely dispatch of birth notifications to the Bomet registrar of births as applicable and ensure all the regulatory requirements are met
  • Compile and ensure timely uploading of the Ministry of Health data.
  • Dispose old hospital records as applicable in line with the hospital’s disposal policy; and Any other responsibilities that may be assigned to the job holder by the supervisor from time to time.
  • Analyze Hospital data and provide timely reports as required
  • Guide the hospital in data driven decision making

Required Qualifications

  • Degree in Health Records Information Management from a recognized institution.
  • Must be registered with the Health Records & Information managers board and hold a valid practicing licence.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience.
  • Knowledge of disease and procedure classification
  • Knowledge of hospital information management system
  • Expert in Statistical data analysis
  • Attention to details
  • Customer service skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Planning and organising skills
  • Communication skills
  • Team working skills
  • Accountability
  • Integrity

Method of Application

If you are interested in any of these challenging opportunities, send your application letter with a detailed CV and Statement of
Faith*addressed to:
The Human Resources & Administration Director
Tenwek Hospital
P.O. Box 39 – 20400
BOMET
Applications should be sent directly through recruit@tenwekhosp.org by 23rd August 2024 with the position being applied for
as subject line.

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