Allegheny Health Network Careers

Date Posted: 7/27/2016
Position Number: 52199
Location: Allegheny General Hospital

 Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network focused on preserving health care choice and providing affordable, high-quality care to the people in our communities.  With more than 14,000 employees including 7,400 health care professionals, nearly 200 primary care and specialty care practices, Allegheny Health Network includes seven hospitals in Pennsylvania with nearly 2,400 licensed beds.

Allegheny Health Network’s clinical expertise ranges from primary care to the most complex surgical procedures.  Services include cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular care, neurological and neurosurgical services, organ transplantation, orthopedic and rehabilitation services, and women’s health.

Department: Radiology
Status: Casual
Shift: Evening and weekend hours

Job Summary: Transcribes and/or edits dictation for clinical personnel.

Responsibilities:

• Transcribes and/or edits dictated correspondence and reports. May create, maintain, and retrieve patient medical records.
• Performs all clerical duties related to medical transcription.
• Distributes dictations.
• Responsible for answering questions and for identifying and defining problems related to daily work occurrences. Employee may also resolve these problems using pre-defined policies, procedures, and practice. When issues arise outside the scope of responsibility, supervisory personnel must be consulted.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements:

• Medical Transcription training/courses preferred.  Medical terminology certificate preferred.
• Two years’ experience as a medical transcriptionist preferred.
• Ability to type minimum of 60 wpm.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Word processing experience.