Records Clerk III

Job Summary

Performs a variety of routine clerical duties in support of the medical transcription function.Essential Responsibilities:

This description is for recruitment posting purposes only. It has not received full HR review and approval.

• Sorts and distributes transcribed reports.
• Gathers missing identification data and types missing data into the transcribed reports.
• Flags reports for physicians attention of lacking all information.
• Follows up on problem dictation for completion and/or redirection.
• Assists in the operation of the overall central dictation system by locating missing dictation, re-recording dictated information, maintaining tapes, and alerting appropriate party of urgent needed reports.
• Responds to inquiries regarding dictated reports.
• Delivers reports to nursing unit.
• Answers department telephone.
• Orders and maintains department supplies.
• Maintains properly working equipment and reports problems to Department Administrator.
• Monitors timeliness of Admission H&Ps.
• Monitors timeliness of Operative Reports.
• Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations w/ the public, patients, and other personnel.
• Performs other related duties.
• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.