Medical Transcript - Sendout Lab - Contingent (6pm - 2:30 am) -

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Accession surgical cases that arrive in the Pathology laboratory by routine referral, as well as outside surgical pathology consults and occasionally outside autopsy reports.
• Prepare accessioning by typing demographics from surgical request forms from OR or clinics, typing clinical history, assigning pathologist, entering billing information, making corrections, typing addendums, revising and correcting reports.
• Collate and transport slides and reports for members of the Pathology staff.
• Print surgical batch and discard logs.
• Triage and track specimens.
• Rehabilitate specimens if necessary and call to obtain any missing information.
• Participate in process improvements to track and reduce defects.
• Receive and screen phone calls in a polite and helpful manner and following policies on the proper method for release of information.

Additional duties

• Process, package and ship specimens to laboratories off-site.
• Work with customers to resolve issues.
• Maintain turnaround times.

Education/Experience Required

• A high school diploma or GED.
• Demonstrate proficiency in accurate and rapid data entry with good spelling, grammar, and proofreading skills.
• Competency to learn and use information systems and dictating equipment.