Job Description
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Accompanies provider(s) during entirety of patient medical appointment and is responsible for ensuring their presence in the visit is not disruptive
- Transcribes interactions into a high-quality, comprehensive preliminary note for physician sign off, which can include but is not limited to
- Patient history
- Review of systems
- Family/social histories
- Medication
- Allergies
- Physical examination findings and procedures
- Pertinent imaging/lab study results
- Time
- Treatment/follow-up plans
- Sends all preliminary documentation for physician review and in a timely manner
- Makes any necessary amendments/changes to approach based on physician feedback and regularly incorporate feedback provided into future notes to yield noticeable improvements
- Develops close working relationship with the provider(s) pairings and develop in-depth knowledge of preferences. Incorporates physician preferences into transcribed notes and maintains documentation of provider preference grid and communicates with provider(s) directly in mode/frequency/time preferred
- Maintain repository of historical/current physician templates/dot phrases; incorporates updates/changes as needed to ensure it is up-to-date and readily accessible
- Responsible for ensuring practice-wide initiatives are incorporated into notes, templates and preference grids while working collaboratively with physician(s) and administrative leadership to incorporate practice-wide changes into templates
- Attends department meetings as needed/directed to optimize ability to stay-up to date with initiatives that will improve physician workflows and implement as directed by administrative management. Communicates with administrative management and/or assigned physicians as needed to troubleshoot any potential discrepancies
- Maintains up-to-date familiarity with all pertinent systems, assists provider with navigating facility system/updates, ensures expected workflows/deliverables remain intact despite changing systems and attends trainings as designated by manager
- Escalates to administrative management as needed to proactively navigate upcoming known changes to avoid disruption while serving as a go to for physician(s) to help navigate system changes pertinent to documentation
- Assist with other administrative clerical duties related to factors affecting physician clinic to improve physician workflow as assigned
To qualify, you must have: - High School Diploma/ GED
- Medical Terminology and Procedures: Understanding of medical terminology, procedures, and diagnostic tests to accurately transcribe patient interactions
- Transcription: Ability to accurately transcribe patient interactions into comprehensive preliminary notes for physician review
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and completeness of transcribed notes, including patient history, medications, and examination findings
- Communication: Strong communication skills to develop a close working relationship with providers, incorporate feedback, and communicate effectively with administrative management
- Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing systems, workflows, and practice-wide initiatives while maintaining consistency and quality in documentation
Boston Children?s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes.
About Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital is a 395-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age.
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