Medical Scribe

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, andtreatment facilitiesin Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

The successful candidate:

JOB SUMMARY

A Scribe is trained to relieve the provider of clerical duties; thus allowing the provider to focus more directly on clinical care. A Scribe’s role is limited to documentation and efficiency management for the provider. The Scribe is an unlicensed person and exclusively non-clinical. The Scribe does not touch patients and does not engage in any type of patient care. The Scribe observes the provider during patient encounters and performs documentation on the provider’s behalf. Under the direction of the provider, the Scribe enters information into the patient’s electronic or written chart. All documentation is reviewed and/or edited by the provider. It is signed with an attestation by the provider that the scribed chart accurately reflects all work performed by the provider.

JOB RESPONSIBLITIES

• Chart in real-time as the provider assesses and examines the patient

• Document the history, physical exam, assessment and plan, results, procedures, treatment, and physician consultations.

• Record provider-dictated diagnoses, prescriptions and instructions for patient follow-up.

• Locate and obtain past medical histories, previous charts, past results and studies.

• Transcribe ancillary test results and their interpretations.

• Check on the progress of labs, imaging studies, and other patient data.

• Retrieve and display current and past EKGs and imaging films (e.g. X-rays) for the provider to review and record provider’s interpretation.

• Understand basic ICD-10 documentation requirements.

• Comply with all national and local PHI laws including in HIPAA and HITECH.

• Comply with all facility, department, company policies and procedures.

• Perform a variety of other non-clinical tasks specific to the local facility.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education :High School diploma complemented by specialized training, or a healthcare-focused student or recent graduate.

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