Medical Scribe- ENT- Prince George's County Site

Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

10340 Otolaryngology

Pay Range

$17.95 - $27.49

Shift: Day

Who We Are : O ur world-renowned team of pediatric ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists—also known as otolaryngologists—provides advanced, compassionate care for children with both common and complex ENT conditions.

About the Role : The Medical Scribe within the ENT department provides outstanding support to physicians and healthcare providers. The Medical Scribe is responsible for real-time charting for physicians by shadowing them throughout their shifts and performing a variety of helpful tasks. The Scribe will be assigned a doctor or physician assistant to work alongside. The Scribe is in the room during each evaluation, documenting directly from the patient and provider conversation.

What You'll Bring:

Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
1 year of experience in a medical group practice or similar environment (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Demonstrated computer skills with data entry software
• Understanding of medical terminology
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word and Outlook)
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with both internal and external departmental contacts
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Functional Accountabilities
Provide support to physicians and healthcare providers

• Accompany clinician into patient exam areas for the purpose of accurately documenting the clinician's encounter with the patient as described by the clinician.
• Seek real-time clarification of all information entered into the medical record.
• Document diagnoses and symptoms as well as follow-up instructions and prescriptions as mentioned by the clinician.
• Document procedures performed and described by the clinician.
• Invoke the organization’s approved scribe statement for each clinical note. Complete all scribe duties before leaving the patient care area.
• Maintain professional appearance and conduct at all times.
• Perform other duties as required.

Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Benefits That Support You:

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation accrual from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.
• Financial wellness support, including a 401(k) plan and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.
• Additional perks, including tuition assistance, fitness resources, employee assistance, commuter benefits, and more

Why Join Us:

• Nationally Recognized Excellence – Consistently ranked among the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
• Leading Pediatric Care – One of the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospitals in the country, offering nationally ranked specialties and cutting-edge treatments.
• Innovation & Research – A premier academic medical center with a strong commitment to pediatric research, education, and advancing the future of child health.
Mission-Driven Culture – Dedicated to providing family-centered care while fostering a collaborative, supportive environment for clinical teams

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.