MEDICAL SCRIBE at Franklin Primary Health in Evergreen Family Health Center - Evergreen, AL 36401

Job description

• JOB SUMMARY: The Medical Scribe assists their assigned physician by performing all clerical and information technology functions for the physician in a clinic setting. The primary goal of the medical scribe is to increase the efficiency and the productivity of the practitioner (physician and/or mid-level provider). Good judgment, organizational ability, initiative, attention to detail, and the ability to be self-motivated are especially important when working as a Medical Scribe. The Scribe must be adaptable and versatile and maintain good attendance. The Scribe must be able to anticipate the practitioner (physician and/or mid-level provider) needs to facilitate the flow of clinic.

Responsibilities

• Participates in Care team huddles- initiates pre-visit planning workflow to ensure Physician Care Plan completion prior to visit whenever possible
• Maintains confidentiality at all times.
• Accurately and thoroughly document medical visits and procedures as they are being performed by the physician, including but not limited to: 1) Patient medical history and physical exam; 2) Patient screening and assessments such as PHQ9, SDOH; 3) Procedures and treatments performed by healthcare professionals, including nurses and physician assistants; 4) Patient education and explanations of risks and benefits; 5) Physician-dictated diagnoses, prescriptions and instructions for patient or family members for self-care and follow-up; 6) Prepare referral letters as directed by the physician
• Dictation/faxing/phone calls and clerical tasks. Medical Scribes are asked to prepare referral letters as directed by the physician, via dictation or summary of the medical record. Medical Scribe also ensure that letters are mailed or faxed on a daily basis to all physicians involved in a patient’s care, and with all copies of pertinent reports or tests attached. You may be asked to research contact information for referring physicians, coordinate referrals, prepare operative reports, make phone calls, and other clerical tasks as assigned.
• Monitors for mistakes or inconsistencies in medical documentation and check to correct the information in order to reduce errors. All addenda must be signed off by a physician.
• Ensures that all clinical data, lab or other test results, the interpretation of the results by the physician are recorded accurately in the medical record. Alert physician when chart is incomplete. Medical Scribes must comply with specific standards that apply to the style of medical records and to the legal and ethical requirements for preparing medical documents and for keeping patient information confidential.
• Monitors physicians open encounters, PAQ and assists provider in addressing to maintain compliance.
• Medical Scribes collect, organize and catalog data for physician quality reporting and other quality improvement efforts and records in EHR and format for submission.
• Assists in developing and maintaining systems to track patient follow up and compliance.
• Attend trainings on diverse subjects such as information technology, legal, HIPAA and regulatory compliance, billing and coding. Quickly assimilate new knowledge into processes and procedures. Medical Scribes proofread and edit all the physician’s medical documents for accuracy, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• Participates in Care coordination, Care team quality improvement activities including care team performance on required clinical, operational and financial measures.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by immediate supervising physician/Nurse Manager.
• The above reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor, and/or health care provider of that may be inherent in the position as it relates to each specialty group (i.e., Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, etc.)
• CUSTOMER SATISFACTION REQUIREMENTS: Must provide the very best customer satisfaction to patients, visitors, and co-worker at all time in a professional and courteous manner. Provide assistance in resolving customers’ problems. Coordinate efforts and interfaces with other departments to resolve problems. Actively protects customer confidentiality. Actively keeps environment clean and safe with a professional and welcoming image. Always treats customers as welcome guests and provides a warm and sincere greeting. Consistently presents a professional appearance in dress and grooming by adherence to dress code policy. Effectively and regularly demonstrates the values of the organization. Effectively involves customers in decisions that affect them. Follow through in a timely manner of commitments made to customers. Take ownership of your attitude toward Service Excellence

Requirements

• EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: High school graduate or GED equivalent. Graduate of an approved Medical Scribe Program or an equivalent combination of training, education and work experience relative to the position. One or more years work experience in medical setting with knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, diagnostic procedures, pharmacology, and treatment assessments to the extent required to understand and accurately transcribe dictated reports. Translate medical abbreviations into their expanded forms. CPT coding, and Medicaid, Medicare, and other third party insurance carriers billing experience preferred. Must have the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• .
• Requires knowledge of the field of assignment sufficient to perform thoroughly and accurately the full scope of responsibility as illustrated by example in the above job description. Require human relations skills to deal effectively with patients/visitors in person or via telephone.
• Must have keyboard experience and have knowledge in medical records and insurance billing. Possess basic ability to operate a multi-line telephone, copier, adding machine, fax machine and other office equipment. Demonstrate CPT coding, and Medicaid, Medicare, and other third party insurance carriers billing experience preferred.
• Possess ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Demonstrate proficient in typing and good at spelling, punctuation, grammar, and oral communication. Must be able to listen to complex medical information and summarize in a clear, complete, and concise fashion.
• Excellent English composition skills required to generate professional, polished writing at a high rate of production. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Prepare and interpret charts and graphs. Have the ability to compute ratio and percent.
• Must accurately enter data into a database, search for information, send and receive email and attachments. Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel; must use the internet to access schedules, research information, etc.
• CERTIFICATION, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: CPR
• OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: Bilingual/bicultural will be considered.

Skills

Required

• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Diagnostic procedures
• Pharmacology
• Treatment assessments
• Typing
• Spelling, punctuation, grammar
• Oral communication
• English composition
• Data entry
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel

Preferred

• CPT coding
• Bilingual/bicultural