Medical Scribe, Retina - Ophthalmology

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Posted Date

06/27/2024

Salary Range: $21.93 - 30.74 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

17348

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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As a Medical Scribe, you will assist physicians and optometrists with various administrative aspects of patient care in the Retina clinic in Westwood. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Recording patient history, exam findings, progress notes, procedure notes

• Pre-chart of upcoming new and establish patients

• Follow-up of laboratory and diagnostic results

• Monitoring the completion of medical record documentation to assess for charts completeness and will send incomplete charts back to appropriate physicians

• Authorizing medications refills under the supervision of the physician

• Assisting other office staff in abstracting, scanning, and cataloging records

Salary Range: $21.93-30.74 Hourly

This is a full-time position position scheduled to work at least 40 hours/week.

Senate Bill 525 was signed into law by Governor Newsom in October 2023. Starting June 1, 2024, SB525 sets a new $23 minimum wage for nonexempt healthcare workers and raises the exempt employee salary threshold to $1,380/week (equivalent to $5,980/month or $71,760/year).

1.As defined under SB525, healthcare workers are defined as employees who are involved in the provision of "health care services," which means "patient care-related services including nursing; caregiving; services provided by medical residents, interns, or fellows; technical and ancillary services; janitorial work; housekeeping; grounds keeping; guard duties; business office clerical work; food services; laundry; medical coding and billing; call center and warehouse work; scheduling; and gift shop work; but only where such services support patient care".

2.Employees (career, contract, student, per diem) in the UCLA Health medical facilities (e.g. Ronald Reagan Medical Center,

Santa Monica UCLA Hospital, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, etc.) meet these criteria.

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills including knowledge of medical and ophthalmic terminology to establish effective working relations with all levels of university staff, faculty, trainees, and patients

• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under a variable but often very busy workload

• Ability to type quickly and accurately

• Ability to function in a research environment with patients who are enrolled in clinical study protocols

• Ability to learn new routines quickly, to follow routines consistently, and identify better ways of accomplishing routine tasks

• Proficiency in Apple and Windows operating systems, Microsoft Word and Excel, email, calendaring programs, and web browsers

• Demonstrated or acquired competency in office and medical center based data and electronic records systems (ChartLogic, cView, Kaleidoscope, Epic, PCIMS, CDS, etc.)