Information Management Officer at Tharaka Nithi County Assembly

Positions:  fifteen (15) Posts

Qualifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate of Registration from Association of Medical Records Officers’ Kenya (AMRO-K).

Responsibilities:

• receiving and documenting patients at hospital reception;
• registering and booking appointment for patients to clinics and consultants;
• storing and retrieving medical records documents;
• preparing clinics;
• updating bed bureau;
• editing of patient case records;
• gathering data from different sources;
• capturing data from service points;
• maintaining record safety and confidentiality;
• storing and retrieving medical records;
• balancing daily bed returns;
• creating and maintaining master index;
• updating patient master index; directing patients to relevant clinics;
• scheduling of patients to the consultants and speciality clinics; and
• assigning codes to diseases and surgical procedures according to the International Classification of Diseases and Procedures