Medical Scribe

UVA Health; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Virginia seeks a Scribe to shadow resident and attending physicians, ensuring thorough medical documentation is completed during patient encounters. Responsibilities include performing chart reviews, assisting in patient care plan communication, and maintaining optimal patient care flow. A high school diploma is required, and prior scribing or medical chart experience is preferred. This is primarily a sedentary role requiring desktop computer use.

Qualifications

• Real-time scribe experience preferred.
• Experience in medical or other type of chart or record creating is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Shadow physicians during patient encounters and ensure complete medical documentation.
• Perform random chart reviews for quality assurance.
• Assist in communicating patient care plans.

Skills

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Scribes shadow resident physicians and attending physicians and completes all documentation tasks through real time, on-site medical transcription. Also responsible for ensuring thoroughness of medical documentation, coordination and integration of medical tests/labs/imaging for ready access of the physicians.

• Shadows physicians during patient encounters and ensures that medical documentation is complete according to all appropriate guidelines. Takes notes on patients and completes the medical chart.
• Performs random chart reviews for quality assurance medical documentation purposes.
• Keeps chart deficiencies to less than 5%.
• Assists the physician with communicating their patient care plans with other physicians, nurses and patient care technicians.
• Ensures patient care flow has optimal efficiency to keep patient care at a high quality and the efficiency of patient flow maximized. This will be monitored by physician semi-annual reviews.
• Provides timely submission and retrieval of tests on behalf of the physician.
• Performs other tasks as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Experience: Real-time scribe, medical or other type of chart or record creating experience preferred

Licensure: None

Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

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