Medical Scribe

Overview: Responsibilities:

• Follows physician through his or her workday and charts patient encounters in real-time using medical office's Electronic Health Record and existing templates
• Generate referral letters for physicians, manage and sort medical documents within the EHR system, and assist with e-prescribing
• May handle data management tasks for physicians in real-time
• Applies knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology to the transcription of proofreading of medical dictation from originators
• Transcribes physician dictation to include notes, letters, history and physical reports, hospital dismissal/interval notes, sign-out lists, and other physician correspondence or typing as requested
• Clarifies dictation that is unclear or incomplete, seeking assistance as necessary

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Previous medical scribe experience is strongly preferred

• At least 1-2 years of medical assistant experience preferred

• Clinical/healthcare experience in oncology/hematology preferred
• Typing at least 60 wpm
• G2 or other EMR experience is a plus
• CMT certification preferred
• Must be willing to travel to various clinic locations as needed

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work may require sitting for long periods of time, stooping and bending/stretching for files and supplies. Requires occasional lifting of files or paper weighing up to 30 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, calculator, telephone, copier and other office equipment. Vision must be correctable to 20/20 and hearing must be in the normal range for telephone contacts.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed in an office environment. Involves high levels of contact with patients and public.