Medical Transcriptionist
REF 1641456
08.10.2024 | Abu Dhabi | full time
- General
- Location: Abu Dhabi
- Occupancy: full time
- To join : immediately
- Description
- Medical transcriptionists convert audio recordings made by physicians and other healthcare professionals into written reports. They interpret and transcribe dictated information, perform editing on drafts, and submit completed transcripts for approval by physicians. They may work for hospitals, physicians offices, or medical administration offices.
We are looking for a highly capable medical transcriptionist to transcribe voice recordings of medical consultations and procedures. In this role, you will be responsible for transcribing audio files, editing speech recognition transcripts, and formatting transcription reports. You may also be required to enter medical reports into electronic health record systems.
To ensure success, medical transcriptionists should demonstrate extensive experience in medical transcription and in-depth familiarity with medical terminology. Outstanding candidates exhibit advanced proficiency in transcribing with specialized equipment and are extremely detail-oriented.
Medical Transcriptionist Responsibilities:
- Transcribe medical reports, summaries, office visit notes and other medical documents from recorded messages from health care providers
- Provide online copies of transcribed documents to physicians or other providers for review and signature, making corrections or changes as noted
- Familiarity with proper grammar, spelling and sentence structure as well as medical jargon and abbreviations for accuracy
- Receive patients, schedule appointments, and maintain patient records
- Work with transcription equipment that can include speech recognition equipment, word processing, and computer software
- Maintain strict adherence to patient confidentiality according to provider standards and government regulations
- Review transcription documents for quality assurance and precision to spot and correct any errors that could impact patient care and medical liability
- Create templates and enter data into electronic health record (EHR) systems for updated record keeping and archives
- Requirements
- Post-secondary training in medical transcription.
Certification as a healthcare documentation specialist would be advantageous.
2-3 years of experience as a medical transcriptionist, or similar.
Proficiency in Electronic Health Record systems, such as AdvancedMD and Kareo Clinical EHR.
Ability to transcribe accurately and maintain a minimum typing speed of 65 words per minute.
- Provisions
- Salary: to be discussed
- Employment visa provided
- Medical insurance provided
- Publisher
- recruitment agency
- up to 50 employees