Job overview

An opportunity has arisen in the Scanning Bureau at the West Suffolk hospital. 

This is for 30 hours per week, 7.5 hrs four days a week, the ideal candidate will need to have excellent IT skills, have the ability to prioritise workload, make informed decisions and be able to work well in a small team.

Main duties of the job

The overall objectives are to transfer Patient records from Paper to an Electronic version within set time scales, ensuring accuracy of all data processed. The post holder will use multiple data sources and systems to upload electronic patient records for inpatient, outpatient, day cases alongside scanning for external agencies.

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.