Job Purpose

• To manage and analyze patient health records by accurately collecting, updating, coding, compiling data to support effective healthcare services.

Duties and responsibilities

• Analyzing health records data.
• Capturing data from service points.
• Disseminating health information.
• Updating of patients records/information.
• Gathering data from different sources/service points.
• Coding and indexing of records/diseases and surgical procedures according international classification of diseases and procedures in medicine
• Maintaining patients’ master index.
• Maintaining diagnostic and surgical indices.
• Compiling of medical statistics preparing health records and reports.

Key Qualifications and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines; Health Records and Information Management or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Registered member of Association Medical Records Officers-K.
• Valid Licence.
• Proficiency in computer applications.