Medical Scribe (Per Diem) Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Southern Hospital Sites Include: Monmouth Medical Center- Long Branch, NJ; Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus- Lakewood, NJ; Community Medical Center- Toms River, NJ
Applicant will be able to indicate their desired location(s) if selected to move forward with the interview process.
Opportunities in both Day and Night shifts may be available

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High School Diploma
• Completion of science or clinical coursework at the undergraduate level or above required. Work experience in a direct patient care clinical setting may be considered in lieu of science or clinical coursework.
• Work, volunteer, or shadowing experience in the healthcare field required. Experience in a direct patient care environment preferred (e.g. medical scribe, patient care technician, medical assistant, EMT). Must be documented on resume.

Preferred:

• Superb listening, verbal and written communication skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, stressful environment
• Ability to type 50 words per minute adjusted for errors

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Per Diem position with a need for availability to work 3 shifts per month.
• Availability to work most shifts: 7:00am-7:00pm, 8:00am-8:00pm, 11:00am-11:00pm, 7:00pm-7:00am
• Shifts are 7 days a week- need to also be available for weekend shifts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Accompany clinicians into patient rooms and transcribe clinician dictations/notes
• Actively listen to all conversations pertaining to patient care between the clinician and other healthcare providers, patients, family, etc. and document relevant information into the EMR
• Document clinician and patient encounters into EMR
• Seek out missing information from clinicians to complete the physician chart
• Gather and input pertinent patient information from external sources (e.g. outpatient lab tests, nursing home/EMS records)
• Place phone calls to PMD offices, pharmacies, etc. as requested by the clinician
• Keep clinicians informed of resulting diagnostics and troubleshoot delays in those results

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.