Pathology Office Associate na Mercycare

Work Shift

Day

Scheduled Weekly Hours

20

Summary

This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by the timely and accurate transcription of provider and other healthcare staff dictation. The transcribed medical reports provide a permanent medical record to facilitate current and future delivery of health care and for use in billing procedures.

Job Description

Job Duties:

• Ensure that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with pathologists, pathologist assistants and co-workers at all times. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate parties have communicated necessary information to allow for the best possible patient outcome.  

• Responsible for send-outs; processing reports, slides, blocks, and tissue utilizing multiple facilities software and accurately maintaining Mercy Pathology’s send-out records utilizing Microsoft Excel to track materials and reports.  

• Assist pathologists with troubleshooting issues with reports and send-outs.

• Complete reports according to established templates, standards and guidelines in Epic.

• Direct the routing of completed reports for billing purposes.

• Maintain slide files along with transporting slides to various storage areas within the hospital.

• Assist with weekly tumor board preparation for the pathologists.

• Follow Mercy’s safety guidelines, carry out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents, and injuries.

• Assist with transcribing if needed

• Perform other clerical duties as needed.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, disease processes, and laboratory values.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, especially Excel.

• Ability to use office equipment such as a printer, fax, telephones. 

• Ability to concentrate while working under pressure with time constraints.

• Ability to understand and apply relevant legal concepts, such as confidentiality.

• Ability to be detail oriented.

• Ability to be well organized.

• English language and grammar skills a must.

 

Professional Experience

• Medical office experience preferred.

• Pathology experience preferred.

• Typing skills required.

• Medical terminology experience required.

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalency required.

• Medical transcription certification program preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

• Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) preferred.

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years.

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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