Medical Dicta Typist

Humber River Hospital is committed to revolutionizing patient care for our diverse community. At our new facility, North America’s first fully digital hospital, the future is very exciting for our people and programs. We’re looking for exceptional individuals to join our great team: people who share our passion to deliver excellent, patient-focused, expert care. The Hospital is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University.

Right now we are looking for a Medical Dicta Typist to work in our Transcription Services Department within Health Information Services.

Reporting Relationship:  Health Information Services Manager
Hiring Salary Range:  $25.131 - $27.189
Location:  Humber River Hospital - Wilson Site
Hours of work:  8 AM-4 PM daily, Monday to Friday
Union:  Teamsters Clerical

Position Responsibilities:

• Transcribes medical dictation, when required and edits speech recognized draft documents
• Clarifies dictation that is unclear or incomplete, seeking assistance, when necessary
• Uses reference materials appropriately and efficiently, to facilitate the accuracy, clarity and completeness of reports including, extensive use of internet searches
• Recognizes, interprets and evaluates inconsistencies, discrepancies and inaccuracies in medical dictation and appropriately edits, revises and clarifies them without altering the meaning of the dictation or changing the dictator’s style
• Meets quality and productivity standards (85-100 min/day, quality score of 98 or more)
• Verifies patient information for report accuracy and completeness
• Formats reports, according to established guidelines
• Uses designated equipment effectively, skillfully and efficiently
• Demonstrates understanding of policies and procedures and organizes and prioritizes assigned work, to meet established standards, turnaround times and commitments
• Participates in continuing education activities
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• High school graduate
• Completion of a recognized medical transcription course with experience of at least two years transcribing multi-specialty dictation in an acute care setting
• Further certification, such as RHDS/CHDS certification (Registered or Certified Healthcare Documentation Specialist) is preferred, but not essential
• Good keyboarding skills, proficiency with various types of word processing equipment
• Extensive experience editing speech recognized draft documents requiring well- developed proofreading and editing skills including, excellent listening skills
• Experienced with multi-speciality medical report transcription in acute care settings
• Wide medical terminology knowledge and familiarity with diseases, anatomy, abbreviations, acronyms, medical/surgical procedures, pharmacology, lab values
• Previous experience with Meditech, Meditech version 6.1 preferred
• Basic understanding of patient confidentiality and privacy legislation
• Good written and oral communications skills, including, English grammar, punctuation, style, detecting dictation inconsistencies and contextual mistakes
• Ability to concentrate for long periods of time with attention to detail
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and work under pressure
• Meets all established department standards/deadlines with good phone reception skills
• Organizes&prioritizes assigned work to meet standards/turnaround times/commitments

General Responsibilities:

• All employees of HRH share a common responsibility to act in accordance with the commitment to safe and compassionate patient care and a safe and healthy work environment.
• Work in compliance with the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the regulations including, but not limited to, use or wear of equipment or protective devices or clothing for safety purposes, report to their manager any contravention of this Act or regulations or the existence of any hazards of which he or she knows
• Have knowledge and understanding of the Internal Responsibility System (IRS) in relation to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and attend all required Health and Safety training

Why Humber? Why Now?

Humber River Hospital is on an exciting transformation journey of redefining patient care as we leverage the most advanced technologies to enhance all aspects of delivering high-quality, safe care. We continue to build a people-centered workplace with excellent staff and physician engagement by hiring passionate, diverse and inclusive healthcare professionals. People who care and live our values of Compassion, Professionalism and Respect. People who are committed to making a positive difference.

We are a Studer Group hospital, focused on building our evidence-based leadership practice and hardwiring a culture that WOWs.

Why? Because at Humber River Hospital, we know it’s our people and our ability to innovate that allows us to consistently deliver a great patient experience and the best quality outcomes. After all, we are the hospital that believes exceptional care...healthier community.

Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Humber River Hospital, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to the hired employee’s first date of employment  Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital’s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis