Medical Transcriptionist
REF 1837152
27.06.2025 | Abu Dhabi | full time
- General
- Location: Abu Dhabi
- Occupancy: full time
- Description
- Job Summary:
Listen to the recorded dictation of a doctor or other healthcare professional. Transcribe and interpret the dictation into diagnostic test results, operative reports, referral letters, and other documents.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Interpret and transcribe a variety of medical reports and correspondence regarding patients’ assessment, work-up, therapeutic procedures, clinical course, diagnoses, prognosis, etc. in order to document and facilitate delivery of healthcare.
• Operate and utilize designated word processing, dictation, and transcription equipment as directed to complete assignments.
• Meet the required efficiency set by the doctors/department.
• Provide quality transcription by the use of proper resources and proofreading of own work.
• Ensure the confidentiality of the contents of the reports transcribed.
• Excellent listening, written and oral communication skills, including English usage, grammar, punctuation, and style.
• Work under pressure with time constraints.
• Follow department’s/doctors’ formats in doing reports.
• Understand diverse accents and varying dictation styles.
• Good eye, hand and auditory coordination.
• Comply with all OSH and infection control policies, standards and procedures and cooperate with hospital management to comply those requirements
• Work accordance with the documented OSH procedures and instructions, specific responsibilities
• Be familiar with emergency and evacuation procedures
• Notifying OSH Hazards, incidents, Near misses and issues and assistance with the preparation of risk assessments, incident reports
• Comply with Waste management procedures and policies
• Attend applicable OSH/Infection control training programs, mock drills and awareness programs
• Use of appropriate personal protective equipment and safety systems
- Requirements
- Ability to transcribe accurately and maintain a minimum typing speed of 65 words per minute
Experience with specialized transcription equipment and voice recognition software, including WebChartMD and PhraseExpander
In-depth knowledge of medical terminology and jargon, as well as editing practices
Keen attention to detail in order to not compromise patient care
- Provisions
- Salary: to be discussed
- Employment visa provided
- Publisher
- direct employer
- more than 200 employees