Job Description

Requisition ID: 343228

Position Number: 20060748

Posting End Date: August 24, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: WRHA Corporate

Work Location: WRHA Corporate

Department / Unit: Transcription Services - WRHA

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: CUPE-FS-WCEOMay

Anticipated Start Date: 10/03/2023

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $21.920, $22.579, $23.254, $23.953, $24.671, $25.412

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Position Overview

Working as a member of the Medical Transcription team under the leadership of the Manager or designate of the Regional Transcription Services, the incumbent is responsible for coordinating and participating in the efficient and effective provision of the Medical Transcriptions activities. Coordinator duties include, but are not limited to, delegation of work, performance standards for support staff, ensuring essential functions are achieved within established timeframes/standards and recommending and implementing process improvements. Maintaining or updating staff schedules in ESP. Medical Transcriptionist duties include completion of the medical record by transcribing medical dictation from clinical providers.

Coordinator - 50%
Medical Transcriptionist - 50%

Experience

The following experience is required:

• Three years experience in an automated transcription environment required.
• Previous experience must include exceeding the minimum of 85 minutes of dictation while maintaining a high-quality document.
• Experience directing support staff.
• Experience transcribing medical dictation in a production environment without reference to hard copy source documents (i.e. health record).
• Must have an aptitude for understanding dictation by individuals for whom English is a second language, e.g. dictation with strong accents, rapid speech, unusual phraseology.
• Ability to work with confidential personal health information and understand and apply key principles of privacy legislation as stated in regional policies.
• Working knowledge of Electronic Patient Record
• Working with voice recognition software.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Complete high school education, Manitoba standards required.
• Successful completion of a recognized medical transcriptionist training program required.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.

Qualifications and Skills

• The following special training is required and competency levels will be demonstrated through skill tests:

• Typing/keyboarding skills of 70-80 words per minute.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Word.
• Advanced knowledge of medical terminology including anatomy, physiology, disease processes, pharmacology, laboratory values, signs and symptoms.
• Excellent command of the English language (oral and written) including superior spelling, grammar and punctuation skills.
• Proficiency with email systems for departmental communications.
• Working knowledge of transcription systems, printer and fax technology.
• Proficiency working in an electronic environment which may include shared folders, remote servers, multiple systems open a one time as well as multiple screens.
• The following is required:

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills.

Physical Requirements

• Periods of prolonged use of computer monitor, keyboard and ear phones.
• Long periods of sitting.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority