Medical Scribe

at  RWJBarnabas Health

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:

• Bachelor s degree
• 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:

• Hiring for both Part Time Day Shifts and Part Time Night Shifts
• Day shift start times vary between the hours of 6:00am-6:00pm and the Medical Scribe would be expected to rotate through each scheduled start time in between those hours
• Night Shift start times vary between the hours of 7:00pm- 10:00pm and the Medical Scribe would be expected to rotate through each scheduled start time in between those hours
• Shifts are 7 days a week
• Employee will rotate through all day OR all night shifts
• Part Time positions will guarantee one shift per week, minimum 12 hours.

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.