Job Description

Medical Scribe

The Medical Scribe functions as an integral member of the health information management team by transcribing all medical records and patient information, within the standards set up by the department and the facility.

Qualifications:

• Education: Must have credentials in medical or RN or LCSW
• Experience: 1-3 years preferred
• Ability to work closely with facility and medical staff, good communication skills, and excellent organizational skills, and a minimum typing speed of 60 wpm.
• May be required to work occasional overtime and flexible hours.
• Thorough knowledge of transcription devices, techniques and procedure
• Complete knowledge of medical terminology.
• Advanced knowledge of computer and various software packages.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Organize and prioritize transcription requests in a manner which facilitates meeting established deadlines and completion of transcription workloads in a timely fashion.
• Maintain a transcription log consisting of patient's name, medical record number, attending licensed practitioner, person dictating, and type of report, date of dictation and date of transcription.
• Reproduce all transcribed reports as requested and in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures.
• Distribute all in-house patient reports to appropriate units.
• Distribute all reports on discharged patients to the Health Information Technician for filing.
• Assemble and review all discharge medical records.
• Adhere to facility, department, corporate, personnel and standard policies and procedures.
• Ability to see well enough to read handwritten and typewritten material.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 lbs. to move/transfer file boxes, data processing paper.

Benefits:

• Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+ locations!
• HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
• Competitive compensation & generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans
• 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan

EEO Statement:

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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