Medical Transcriptionist

Under supervision, to transcribe a wide range and variety of medical reports and documents from dictation equipment on a production typing basis.

• Transcribes from dictation equipment highly technical physician-dictated reports and material from a wide variety of specialties;
  
• Edits dictated material for grammar, punctuation, medical consistency and medical accuracy;
  
• Communicates with medical staff requesting incomplete or missing information;
  
• Checks with medical staff when dictated result is not consistent with procedure performed or diagnosis given;
  
• Works with resident and attending physicians and understands the legal limitations related to result reports and physicians sign-off;
  
• Investigates all questionable dictations;
  
• Prepares a variety of normal templates to expedite dictation;
  
• Maintains logs of transcribed reports;
  
• Coordinates distribution of transcribed reports to designated persons or offices;
  
• May assist in developing current resources material for the medical transcription section by noting, researching, and documenting new and unusual terms, pharmaceuticals, instruments, techniques, or other elements;
  
• Performs other related duties as required.

Sufficient education, training, and experience to enable a candidate to demonstrate the following qualifications:
Experience Note: A candidate would normally acquire the qualifications listed below through training and experience equivalent to the following:
Completion of courses in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology and at least one year of experience as transcriptionist in a medical setting;

Knowledge of:

• Comprehensive medical and disease terminology;
  
• The technical terminology of operative techniques, procedures, and instruments;
  
• Pharmaceutical terminology;
  
• Pharmaceuticals, supplies, techniques and measurements that must be included in results for particular diagnostic procedures;
  
• MediCare Reimbursement policies as they relate to the transcribed result report and patient symptoms and diagnosis;
  
• The basic organization of a teaching hospital and familiarity with the more complex and innovative procedures characteristic of a teaching hospital;
  
• Acceptable written and oral communication skills, including English usage, style, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Ability to:

• Type at 75 net WPM;
  
• Operate modern dictation equipment and word processing software;
  
• Work harmoniously with others under the pressure of demanding production standards and frequent stat report requirements;
  
• Interpret ambivalent sounding technical terms from the content of the material being transcribed;
  
• Edit material for correct English and clarification of the medical content;
  
• Identify and resolve dictation errors, working directly with the physician when necessary;
  
• Solve problems and work independently with minimal supervision;
  
• Transcribe accurately from diverse accents and dialects and varying dictation styles;
  
• Learn and adhere to department and SCVH&HS wide compliance plan and applicable State and Federal guidelines;
  
• Exercise good judgment in re-ordering priorities when all reports cannot be completed on a shift.

Employment Type: Full-Time/Part-Time