Medical Record Officer

About this role

Role: Medical Record Officer for Dragnet Nigeria in Lagos. The job involves managing and maintaining patient health records accurately and confidentially to support clinical care, billing and reporting. It requires ensuring confidentiality and data protection in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act and internal policies.

What you would do

• Maintain accurate, complete and confidential patient health records.
• Manage records workflows including registration, retrieval, filing, coding and retention.
• Ensure confidentiality and data protection in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act and internal policies.
• Support clinical care, billing, managed-care and reporting through timely records provision.
• Contribute to data quality, audit and service improvement.

What they are asking for

• Recognised qualification in health information management or health records (e.g. BSc Health Information Management, HND/Diploma in Health Records).
• Completion of internship/registration training and NYSC, or valid exemption where applicable.
• Minimum of four years post-registration experience in health information/records management practice.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary hospital team.
• Knowledge of health information management, confidentiality and data protection obligations; competence in records systems and retrieval.
• Desirable: training in clinical coding (e.g. ICD), health information systems expertise and medical records auditing skills.

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