Medical Scribe
A Medical Scribe works one-on-one with a variety of providers (MD,DO, PA, and NP), accompanying them into each patient encounter. An EPPA Scribe types everything that occurs during the patient visit from start to finish; including the patient’s medical history, physical exam, labs, imaging, dictations and more. EPPA Scribes become familiar with the workflow of medicine, medical decision making, medical terminology, and different provider styles to patient care.
Position Responsibilities:
- Accurate, timely charting of patient encounters, including but not limited to patient history, physical exams, diagnostic findings, lab, and test results, consultations with other providers, treatment course, diagnoses, and discharge instructions.
- Professional, non-intrusive interaction with patients (the scribe does not directly assist with patient care), providers, hospital staff, and other co-workers.
- Compliance with all hospital, HIPAA, and EPPA policies, including those relating to the confidentiality of patient information.
- Excellent job attendance. Scribes are held to the same attendance standards as the providers they work alongside.
- All other duties, responsibilities, and/or projects as assigned.
Position Requirements:
- Must be currently enrolled in a 4-year undergraduate program with an emphasis in pre-medical/science coursework and labs, or have completed an undergraduate degree with professional school science pre-requisites and labs.
- Completion of Organic Chemistry I is strongly preferred
- Minimum Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Prior healthcare-related work, direct patient care, volunteering, shadowing, and/or undergraduate research is strongly preferred
- Must be computer competent with the ability to proficiently type at 60 wpm or higher
- Excellent communication skills in grammatically correct written and verbal English language
- Ability to spell, proofread, and edit written English text
- Ability to problem solve in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Must be 18 years or older