About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

To support effective clinical screening and health promotion for all Lanarkshire pre-school children by health visitors, GP practices, community doctors, and other health professionals by using the computerised child health recall systems to generate review appointments. You will record the resulting clinical information in order to maintain individual and aggregate electronic child health records, and provide advice on the system to parents and clinicians.

The working pattern for this role is: Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

• Record clinical information from completed examination forms onto computer for the purposes of having accurate child health records, national clinical data collection, local clinical data usage, surgery usage, and also to provide examiners with information relating to individual children.
• Coding of children’s clinical problems using NHSIS read code browser (medical coding system) onto child’s computerised record so that health problems relating to children can be monitored and measured.
• Take ownership of and progress queries received from various sources (health visitors, GPs, community medical staff, parent). The job holder will seek to resolve any problems the clinician or parent may have with missing appointments, incomplete information etc.
• Initiates communication with clinicians (via telephone or letter) to resolve problems with inaccurate information such as vague diagnoses that cannot be read coded and incomplete demographic details.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience of child health systems and general office experience
• Experience of using NHS read code browser to code medical and social problems relating to children
• Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Understanding of medical terms.

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Joyce Davidson, Health Records Manager on [email protected]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected]

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, righttowork requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.