Job Summary
- Company
- Texas Spine Consultants
- Location
- Dallas, TX 75246
- Industries
- Healthcare Services
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Years of Experience
- 2+ to 5 Years
- Education Level
- Some College Coursework Completed
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Medical Transcriptionist
About the Job
Job Purpose:
Provides a record of patient care by transcribing and interpreting physicians' dictation into medical-legal documents.
Duties:
* Prepares work to be accomplished by gathering and sorting transcription tapes and written instructions.
* Determines format and content by following written or dictated instructions.
* Establishes document format by entering commands for spacing, margins, type size, style and color, and other parameters.
* Helps physicians use dictation equipment by demonstrating dictation techniques and procedures.
* Prepares documents by using transcription equipment; applying knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology; employing listening skills to decipher various accents, dialects, and dictation styles; operating a word processor to input data.
* Corrects spelling and medical terminology errors by using dictionary and medical reference books.
* Edits documents by recognizing, interpreting, and evaluating repetitions, discrepancies, and inaccuracies in dictation; editing, revising, and clarifying without altering meaning and style.
* Complies with medical-legal policies, procedures, and priorities by perceiving medical documents as legal evidence, such as amendments of recordings; seeking clarification; recognizing and reporting problems, errors, and discrepancies to management.
* Stores completed documents by entering documents in data base.
* Prints documents by loading paper in printer; changing printing mechanisms; generating print commands.
* Distributes documents by routing to physicians for editing and approvals.
* Keeps equipment operational by following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures.
* Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
* Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills/Qualifications:
Data Entry Skills, Analyzing Information, Listening, Written Communication, Administrative Writing Skills, Documentation Skills, Reporting Skills, Word Processing, Internal Communications, Communication Processes, Supply Management
Provides a record of patient care by transcribing and interpreting physicians' dictation into medical-legal documents.
Duties:
* Prepares work to be accomplished by gathering and sorting transcription tapes and written instructions.
* Determines format and content by following written or dictated instructions.
* Establishes document format by entering commands for spacing, margins, type size, style and color, and other parameters.
* Helps physicians use dictation equipment by demonstrating dictation techniques and procedures.
* Prepares documents by using transcription equipment; applying knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology; employing listening skills to decipher various accents, dialects, and dictation styles; operating a word processor to input data.
* Corrects spelling and medical terminology errors by using dictionary and medical reference books.
* Edits documents by recognizing, interpreting, and evaluating repetitions, discrepancies, and inaccuracies in dictation; editing, revising, and clarifying without altering meaning and style.
* Complies with medical-legal policies, procedures, and priorities by perceiving medical documents as legal evidence, such as amendments of recordings; seeking clarification; recognizing and reporting problems, errors, and discrepancies to management.
* Stores completed documents by entering documents in data base.
* Prints documents by loading paper in printer; changing printing mechanisms; generating print commands.
* Distributes documents by routing to physicians for editing and approvals.
* Keeps equipment operational by following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures.
* Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
* Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills/Qualifications:
Data Entry Skills, Analyzing Information, Listening, Written Communication, Administrative Writing Skills, Documentation Skills, Reporting Skills, Word Processing, Internal Communications, Communication Processes, Supply Management
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