Pathology Medical Transcriptionist | Detail‑Driven Records

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine is seeking a full-time transcription staff member for the Dermatology Pathology department at 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. The role involves transcribing and coding dictations and demographics, prioritizing complex reports, and delivering final copies and slides to in-house physicians.

Responsibilities include filing, maintaining records, and generating reports, handling physician and patient communications, and acting as a backup to sign-out and call center clerks.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED required.
• 1+ years advanced clerical/secretarial experience in an office setting.

Responsibilities

• Transcribes, codes, types, and/or inputs dictations and demographics.
• Transcribes and prioritizes dictations and complicated pathology consultation reports.
• Produces final copy as required.
• Responsible for filing and retrieving reports and/or slides.
• Deliver slides to in-house physicians.
• Maintains records and generates reports (i.e., problem billing cases for proper identification/follow-up).
• Breakdown and mail/fax reports to appropriate physicians, clinicians, and/or organizations (i.e., Quest).
• Records faxing of this same subset of reports.
• Gives verbal (phone) Pathology Reports to physicians.
• Researches pending and incomplete cases.
• Generates and/or reviews reports and slides to be sent to outside physicians, makes corrections, and collates to mail.
• Contact the physician’s office concerning patient diagnoses.
• Answers the telephone, handles direct patient and physician’s requests, and responds to written correspondence from patients, insurance carriers, and/or physician’s offices.
• Independently resolves issues when necessary.
• Performs other duties in area of responsibility as assigned.
• Follows directives and completes other duties assigned by supervisors, managers, and physicians.

Skills

Transcription

Typing

Medical terminology

Education

High School Diploma or GED

1+ years advanced clerical/secretarial experience

Job description

Penn Medicine is seeking a full-time transcription staff member for the Dermatology Pathology department at 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. The role involves transcribing and coding dictations and demographics, prioritizing complex reports, and delivering final copies and slides to in-house physicians.

Responsibilities include filing, maintaining records, and generating reports, handling physician and patient communications, and acting as a backup to sign-out and call center clerks.