Transcription Services Clerk - Vancouver, Canada - Providence Healthcare

Providence Healthcare

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Article Flag:

Mandatory Vaccination Please Note:

As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Providence Health Care must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Proof of vaccination status will be required.

Summary:

Providence Health Care's Health Information Management team is hiring

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care & the new St. Paul's Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations._

What does the Health Information Management team do?
Health Information Management (HIM) is a leader in the collection, storage, and distribution of patient information within British Columbia. Our dedicated team of professionals are some of the first points of contact at Health Organizations sites.

As a consolidated Lower Mainland department of Providence Health Care, HIM has staff at about 40 geographically dispersed locations across Fraser Health, Providence Health Care, Provincial Health Services Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health.

Approximately 1,450 staff working the following

Service Areas:
Registration, Records Management, Transcription Services, Health Information Exchange, and Coding

Additional Corporate Services include:
Strategic Planning, Projects & Business Optimization, Culture & Communications. There is room for growth and development and we aim to support our teams to flourish.

What you'll do:

Applicants must be able to work a rotational schedule: Monday-Wednesday; Wednesday-Friday, 08:00-16:00.

Qualifications / Skills and Education:
Education

Grade 12, two years' recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of medical terminology.

Ability to keyboard at 50 w.p.m.

Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Ability to deal with others effectively.

Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Ability to organize work.

Ability to operate related equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Determines status of transcribed report from physicians and clinics as per indicator on report in clinical or transcription information system (e.g., Complete, incomplete or on hold) in transcription platform.

Prioritizes report based on status urgency (e.g., STAT Report). Uploads completed reports into the clinical information system.

Serves as the first point of contact for all inquiries from physicians and clinics by organizing and prioritizing inquiries to meet established deadlines.

Provides basic information and guidance to inquiries from customers such as how to get a dictation access code, dictation access code not working, forgotten dictation access code, central dictation numbers and changing or assisting with system password for users.

Receives, enters and processes approved provider information into database. Follows established quality assurance procedures by reviewing, editing and verifying accuracy of data including calling physicians to validate information. Sends spreadsheets to IMITS, Excelleris or to database team.

Accesses PLR as required to determine allied health or institutional entity IPC code or assigns a new IPC if required.

Searches other databases as required.

Verifies data from various sources utilizing the integrated Lower Mainland Provider database system by performing duties such as collecting, checking, updating and editing data to ensure accurate and timely provider/institutional entity information in the Provider Location Registry and connected downstream database(s).

Prints reports, locates, identifies and corrects errors, and follows-up with the Leader and/or Supervisor on discrepancies as required.

Validates information such as physician addresses and fax numbers against the College of Physician database and/or the provider registry to ensure eligibility for report distribution.

Adds or updates the information in the provider database.

Contributes to operational manual by providing feedback, making updates as directed and participating in regular team meetings.

Distributes a variety of materials such as transcribed reports by methods such as printing reports from the computer, and photocopying, collating and forwarding copies by fax to appropriate personnel.

Generates address labels for outgoing mail such as doctor's envelopes as applicable for designated area.

Responds to inquiries regarding use of dictation equipment, work status, or special requests for STAT dictation, according to established policies and procedures.

Performs basic trouble-shooting for dictation/transcription/speech recognition software systems as applicable, according to established policies. Monitors conditi