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Job Title: Medical Scribe

Location: Barnabas Health Medical Group

Department: Northern Hospital Sites

Req#: 48748

Status: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $17.67- $17.67, per hour

Pay Transparency: The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Are you a current pre-med, nursing, or healthcare student looking to gain hands-on experience in a clinical setting? Apply now to learn more about our upcoming virtual interview day where you will learn more about what it's like to work side-by-side with physicians and while getting a front-row seat in real patient care!

Why Become a Medical Scribe?

• Get invaluable clinical exposure
• Learn medical terminology and documentation
• Work directly with providers in fast-paced environments
• Strengthen your PA school or nursing school application

Current Locations Hiring:

• Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center- Livingston, NJ
• Clara Maass Medical Center- Belleville, NJ
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center- Elizabeth, NJ

Shift Availability:

• Full-time and Part-time opportunities on both day and night shifts may be available

Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine Medical Scribe - RWJBarnabas Health

At RWJBarnabas Health, Medical Scribes become part of a purpose driven environment where teamwork, belonging, and clinical excellence shape meaningful patient experiences. This Medical Scribe role offers growth, supportive teamwork, and a culture committed to safety and continuous improvement. As an Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine Medical Scribe, you will help advance patient care and strengthen the experience of individuals and families across our organization. Joining RWJBarnabas Health means joining a community where every Medical Scribe is encouraged to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose.

A typical day for a Medical Scribe may include:

• Accompany clinicians into patient rooms and transcribe clinician dictations/notes
• Actively listen to all conversations pertaining to patient care between the clinician and other healthcare providers, patients, family, etc. and document relevant information into the EMR
• Document clinician and patient encounters into EMR
• Seek out missing information from clinicians to complete the physician chart
• Gather and input pertinent patient information from external sources (e.g. outpatient lab tests, nursing home/EMS records)
• Place phone calls to PMD offices, pharmacies, etc. as requested by the clinician
• Keep clinicians informed of resulting diagnostics and troubleshoot delays in those results

This role might be for you if:

• Superb listening, verbal and written communication skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, stressful environment
• Ability to type 50 words per minute adjusted for errors

Qualifications:

Required:

• High School Diploma
• Completion of science or clinical coursework at the undergraduate level or above required. Work experience in a direct patient care clinical setting may be considered in lieu of science or clinical coursework.
• Work, volunteer, or shadowing experience in the healthcare field required. Experience in a direct patient care environment preferred (e.g. medical scribe, patient care technician, medical assistant, EMT). Must be documented on resume.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree

Scheduling Requirements:

• Hiring for both Full Time Day Shifts and Full Time Night Shifts
• Day shift start times vary between the hours of 6:00am-6:00pm and the Medical Scribe would be expected to rotate through each scheduled start time in between those hours
• Night Shift start times vary between the hours of 7:00pm- 10:00pm and the Medical Scribe would be expected to rotate through each scheduled start time in between those hours
• Employee will work 2 blocked weekends (Sat and Sun) per month with the other weekends off
• Shifts are 7 days a week
• Employee will rotate through all day OR all night shifts

• Full Time role with a guaranteed 30 hours per week, but typical shifts will be a total of 36 hours per week

To Learn more about our Scribe Program, click the following link:

Behind the Scenes of Exceptional Care: RWJBarnabas Health's Medical Scribe Program