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We are a large, fast paced and heavy volume pathology department providing transcription support for 6 different Northside locations, and 24 hour turnaround for our clients.
Location: 975 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 200, Atlanta
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. M-F
Core responsibilities and essential functions:
Patient Demographics:
- Checking to ensure that patient’s name is correct.
- Checking to ensure that the part types are correct and there are no discrepancies.
- Notifying Histology personnel/Pathologist’s Assistants/Pathologists regarding correction of any
Transcribing of reports:
- Transcription work related to pathology reports (both gross and microscopic description) to include:
- Gross description dictated by Pathologists Assistants or Pathologists on surgical reports, autopsies,
- Typing and expediting frozen section/touch prep gross dictations/frozen section/touch prep diagnoses
- Muscle and kidney biopsies dictated by Pathologists Assistants or Pathologists
Transcribe Microscopic Description during the pathologist’s review of the slides to include:- Entering appropriate staging and synoptic reports on cases with malignancies.
- Creating and typing addendum reports when a pathologist is adding results of stains or
- Transcribing gross and final bone marrow reports to include:
- Typing and entering CBC data and differential, along with transcribing peripheral blood smear
Preliminary reports:
- Creating preliminary reports for cases that are sent out in consultation to outside facilities.
- Typing correspondence/letters to accompany the preliminary report to the outside institution.
Send out cases:
- Creating send out reports for molecular studies when applicable.
- Transcribing results for Mismatch Repair Protein Testing for the pathologists.
Tissue Committee Codes:
- Entering internal tissue committee codes on reports, as dictated by the pathologists.
Weekend coverage:
- Providing coverage every 4th Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., assigning, expediting and
Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Completes transcription duties in a timely manner and produces the necessary quantity of work required.
Produces high quality pathology reports.
Six (6) months prior transcription or secretarial experience. Must have excellent knowledge of medical terminology, English grammar, composition, and spelling. Must have word processing experience, and ability to type sixty (60) words per minute.
