ISCO Occupation Group 3344.4 Medical Transcriptionist
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Medical Transcriptionist: Medical transcriptionists interpret dictated information from the doctor or other healthcare professionals and convert it into documents. They create, format and edit medical records for patients based on the provided data and take care to apply punctuation and grammar rules.
Essential Skills
- Maintain Healthcare User Data Confidentiality
- Database
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Edit Dictated Medical Texts
- Transcribe Medical Data
- Grammar
- Archive Healthcare Users' Records
- Apply Grammar And Spelling Rules
- Medical Terminology
- Health Records Management
- Manage Digital Archives
- Use Electronic Health Records Management System
- Follow Given Instructions
- Comply With Legislation Related To Health Care
Optional Skills
- Collect Healthcare User'S General Data
- Display Medical Problems
- Handle Paperwork
- Review Patient'S Medical Data
- Process Data
- Human Anatomy
- Transfer Medical Information
- Work In Multidisciplinary Health Teams
- Use Shorthand
- Health Care System
- Identify Patients' Medical Records
- Participate In Medical Records' Auditing Activities
- Administrative Tasks In A Medical Environment
- Perform Clinical Coding Procedures
- Medical Informatics
- Professional Documentation In Health Care
- Perform Backups
Alternative Names
- Medical Transcriptionist And Proof Reader
- Medical Transcription Suite Typist
- Clinical Transcriber
- Clinical Transcription Typist
- Clinical Transcription Suite Typist
- Medical Secretary-Audio Typist
- Clinical Transcriptionist
- Medical Transcriber
