Medical Transcriptionist

Salary : $62,768.16 - $75,766.08 Annually
Location : San Jose Metropolitan Area, CA
Job Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
Job Number: 23-D87-A
Department: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Opening Date: 12/20/2023
Closing Date: 1/5/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
Bargaining Unit: 02
Description
Under supervision, to transcribe a wide range and variety of medical reports and documents from dictation equipment on a production typing basis.
The list established from this recruitment will be used for all vacancies throughout the Santa Clara County Health System. This may include full time, part time, and extra help positions. If you are interested in these opportunities please fill out the appropriate questions.
COVID-19 Risk Level: High
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Typical Tasks

• 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.

Employment Standards
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;
-OR-
Two years of transcription experience in a variety of medical specialty settings.
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.

Benefit and Retirement information may vary from bargaining unit to bargaining unit. Due to changes in State Law, current pension provisions described in the union contracts are not automatically applied. Specific pension benefits for new hires who start on or after January 1, 2013 may be different than indicated in the union contracts.
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Please answer the following questions. Completion of the following supplemental questions is REQUIRED for your application and is an integral part of the evaluation process. Initially, it will be used to evaluate against the employment standards. For those applicants meeting the employment standards, this information will be critical in the subsequent competitive assessment to identify those candidates to be invited to continue in the examination process. Your responses to the questions may also be reviewed and scored in a Competitive Rating evaluation process based on pre-determined rating criteria. Your answers should be as complete as possible, as no additional information will be accepted from applicants once the Competitive Rating evaluation has begun. Please include the name of the employer, job title, job duties, dates of employment and number of hours worked per week for questions asking about your experience. A response of "see resume" or "see application" will deem your application incomplete. Vague, incomplete or non-responsive answers could result in no or low scores in a competitive rating process. Do you understand this requirement?

• Yes
• No

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How many years of experience do you possess working as a Medical Transcriptionist?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten years or more

03
Describe your experience working as a Medical Transcriptionist. Please include the name of the employer, job title, job duties, dates of employment and number of hours worked per week. If you do not have any write "none."
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How many years of transcription experience do you possess working in a variety of medical specialty settings?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six to less than seven years
• Seven to less than eight years
• Eight to less than nine years
• Nine to less than ten years
• Ten years or more

05
Describe your transcription experience working in a variety of medical specialty settings. Please include the name of the employer, job title, job duties, dates of employment and number of hours worked per week. If you do not have any write "none."
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Have you successfully completed courses in medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology?

• Yes
• No

07
If yes, please describe the courses in medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology which you completed. Please include the name of the course and the institution where it is studied. If you do not have any write "none."
08
Please identify the hospital you are currently working at. If none, please select n/a.

• El Camino
• Fremont
• Good Samaritan
• Kaiser
• O'Connor
• San Francisco General
• San Jose Regional
• St Louise
• Stanford
• VA Health Care System
• Washington
• Valley Medical Center Health System
• Other
• N/A

09
Please complete this survey carefully. Your responses will determine whether or not you will be referred for a specific position (i.e., geographical location). Please place a mark next to the location(s) in which you would be willing to work.

• Hospital System - Valley Medical Center
• Hospital System - O'Connor
• Hospital System - Saint Louse Regional
• Hospital System - De Paul Medical Center

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How did you find out about this job?

• Contacted by County Recruiter
• Contacted by a Recruitment Firm
• County Employee Referral
• County of Santa Clara Career Website
• County of Santa Clara Job Interests Email Notification
• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Indeed
• Virtual Job Fair
• In Person Job Fair
• In-Person Networking Professional Event
• Virtual Networking Event
• Community Event
• Glassdoor
• Governmentjobs.com
• Professional Association
• Search Engine (Google, Bing, online search, etc.)
• Hospital Website: SCVMC, O'Connor Hospital, St. Louise Regional Hospital Website
• Handshake
• Student Career Center
• County Text Message
• Other (Specify in the next question)

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If you selected an event/fair or other in the question above, please specify. If not, type N/A.
Required Question