Head Medical Records

Head Medical Records

Dragnet Solutions Limited - Our client is a growing multi-specialist healthcare group, operating hospital facilities that deliver quality clinical and diagnostic services to patients. Backed by a strong governance structure and a strategy of expansion and service excellence, the organisation combines modern clinical operations with centralised corporate functions spanning finance, supply chain, human capital, ICT, legal and strategy.

As part of its next phase of growth, the organization is seeking talented professionals to join it in the capacity below:

Job Title: Head Medical Records

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Department: Medical Records

About the role

• Leads the medical/health records function, ensuring accurate, confidential and accessible health information that supports clinical care, governance, and managed-care processes.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Lead, supervise, and appraise records staff and set records standards.
• Contribute to data quality, audit, and service improvement.

Requirements

Education

• A recognised qualification in health information management / health records (e.g. BSc Health Information Management, HND/Diploma in Health Records).
• Completion of any required internship/registration training and NYSC, or a valid exemption where applicable.
• Postgraduate qualification in health information management, public health or management is desirable.

Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of post-registration experience in health information/records management, including supervisory experience.
• Substantial post-registration experience in health records management practice, including experience at a senior or supervisory level.
• Demonstrable experience leading or coordinating a health records management team or unit.
• Experience in service organisation, quality assurance and the supervision and appraisal of staff.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary hospital team.
• Experience preparing for or responding to regulatory, quality, audit or accreditation reviews.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of health-records confidentiality and data-protection obligations, including those under the Nigeria Data Protection Act.
• Competence in records systems, retrieval, and (where applicable) clinical coding.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective communication with clinical and administrative colleagues.

Nice to Have:

• Training in clinical coding (e.g. ICD), health information systems or medical records auditing.

Application Closing Date

6th October, 2026.