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SENIOR MEDICAL TRANSCRIBER

Code: 03472 Local Competitive

In New Jersey, Senior Medical Transcriber is filled through the competitive process: candidates take a civil service exam and are hired off a ranked list, not picked at will.

Qualifying turns on 2 years of relevant experience.

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Senior Medical Transcriber is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, operates a typewriter or word processor and performs highly responsible and complex work and/or takes the lead over other employees in transcribing letters, reports or other recorded data from voice recording equipment requiring considerable knowledge of medical terminology; does related work.

Examples of work

  • Transcribes the more difficult medical dictation from various recording devices.
  • Types various form of scientific and technical data requiring considerable knowledge of medical terminology.
  • Transcribes various types of medical or other reports.
  • Transcribes medical histories and the diagnosis and prognosis of various diseases.
  • Types or transcribes reports of laboratory tests, surgical procedures or recommended therapy.
  • Prepare reports.
  • May train new clerical employees.
  • Maintains, classifies, indexes and cross-references records and files.
  • May type highly technical medical statements and reports, correspondence, memoranda, charts, tabulations, and case records from copy and from various types of dictation equipment.
  • Proofreads typed materials, and makes changes, including corrections, additions and deletions.
  • Prepares logs with subject content, tape, cassette or disk number, reference code, margins, tabs, switch codes, data any other special instructions.
  • Composes and types routine correspondence.
  • Operates office machines and equipment.
  • May take the lead in a small unit.
  • Answers questions of other employees.
  • Assembles, arranges and formats materials to be typed; uses files and other references to verify information.
  • Types a variety of materials in final form from voice recordings and independently make appropriate changes in the text.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

Two (2) years of experience in transcribing medical information from voice recording equipment.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of medical terminology and clerical procedures.
  • Knowledge of the procedures for operating voice recording equipment.
  • Knowledge of office appliances, practices and procedures.
  • Knowledge of proper English grammar, spelling and punctuation.
  • Knowledge of the procedures for keeping medical and other records and files.
  • Ability to provide guidance, instructions and advice to other employees.
  • Ability to type letters, reports and other data containing medical terminology from voice recording equipment.
  • Ability to operate transcribing machines.
  • Ability to maintain records and files.
  • Ability to organize clerical work and develop effective work methods.
  • Ability to spell medical words correctly.
  • Ability to operate office machines and equipment.
  • Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.