Job Description Summary The Medical Scribe / Physician Extender supports the physician in delivering efficient, high-quality patient care by assisting with clinical documentation, coordinating patient flow, maintaining accurate schedules, and facilitating daily clinic operations. This role serves as a liaison between the physician, clinical team, and administrative staff to optimize provider efficiency, improve patient experience, and ensure accurate and complete medical records. Entity University Medical Associates (UMA) Only Employees and Financials Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000988 COM Ophthalmology CC Pay Rate Type Hourly Pay Grade Health-22 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift Day (United States of America) Job Description Required Education: High School Degree or Equivalent Work Experience: None required. Preferred skills include; Excellent computer and typing skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills. High attention to detail. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to document patient care as dictated by a provider in a clear manner, following all local, state, and federal guidelines for documentation. Job Duties: 30% Clinical Documentation and Medical Scribing: Accurately document patient histories, review of systems, physical examination findings, assessments, and treatment plans as directed by the physician. Prepare and update electronic health records (EHR) in real time during patient encounters. Review charts for completeness, accuracy, and consistency before and after patient visits. 20% Physician Extender and Clinical Support: Anticipate the physician’s needs throughout the clinic day and proactively prepare for upcoming patient encounters. 15% Prechart: patient charts, medical histories, medications, allergies, previous testing, and relevant clinical documentation before appointments. Gather and organize pertinent patient information for the physician’s review. Assist with obtaining and documenting patient histories, medication reconciliation, and other intake information as permitted by training, office policy, and applicable scope-of-practice requirements. Assist with coordinating diagnostic testing, referrals, follow-up appointments, and pending clinical tasks. 10% Schedule Scrubbing and Appointment Accuracy: Scrub and review provider schedules in advance to verify appointment accuracy, completeness, and appropriate visit types. Confirm that appointments are scheduled with the correct provider, visit type, duration, location, and supporting resources. Review schedules for duplicate appointments, incorrect visit classifications, scheduling gaps, overbooking, and other discrepancies. Flag scheduling errors, missing information, authorization concerns, and incomplete prerequisites for timely resolution. Review upcoming schedules for potential workflow challenges and communicate anticipated issues to the appropriate team members. Correct/update appts, cancellations, rescheduling, and follow-up scheduling and document. 10% Schedule and Coordinate patient follow-up appointments to support continuity of care and ensure timely follow-u. Prepare and create surgical posting slips to communicate surgical procedures details and facilitate accurate operating room scheduling. Assist with in-office procedures by coordinating patient preparation, required documentation, and clinical team support to ensure efficient workflow. 5% Patient Education Support Patient Education and reinforce physician-provided instructions within the role’s authorized responsibilities. 10% - Other duties as assigned. Additional Job Description Physical Requirements: Continuous requirements are to work indoors; possess good finger dexterity; maintain tactile sensory functions; maintain 20/40 vision corrected in one eye or with both eyes; maintain good peripheral vision capabilities; and maintain hearing acuity with correction. Frequent requirements are to perform job functions while standing/upright, sitting, and walking/mobile; fully use both hands and arms; perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders; perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements; reach in all directions; see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance; match or discriminate between colors; determine distance and relationship between objects including depth perception; and hear and/or understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet. Infrequent requirements are to kneel and squat to perform job functions; perform pinching operations; lift and carry 15 lbs. unassisted; lift objects up to 15 lbs. from floor level to a height of 36 inches unassisted; and push or pull objects up to 15 lbs. unassisted. If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us! The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need. Medical University of South Carolina participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees Thank you for wanting to be part of the Medical University of South Carolina team. Whether you want to teach the next generation of health care leaders, innovate new business models, discover the next breakthrough or provide patient care, there's a role for you that fuels your passion and takes advantage of your skills. There are career opportunities available in academics, research, hospital medicine, physician practices and support services, from patient billing to IT. As an applicant, you can search jobs for all MUSC entities as well as search by category and location. MUSC attracts more than $250 million annually in research funding, making it the biggest magnet for biomedical, extramural research dollars of all institutions of higher learning in South Carolina. The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program aims to advance clinical and translational science to increase the speed at which new treatments become available to patients. MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise, operates a 750 bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children’s Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center (one of fewer than 70 elite National Cancer Institute designated centers), a Level I Trauma Center and the Institute of Psychiatry. In addition, there are more than 100 outreach clinics, hospital/health system affiliations, and telehealth sites. U.S. News & World Report placed us among the top one percent of all American hospitals, with 11 specialties in the top 50. The MUSC Medical Center is also one of only three Magnet® designated hospitals in South Carolina.

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