![]() – Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms stocks assigned rooms and cupboards and ensures par levels of supplies are maintained checks and completes required logs and equipment including refrigerator logs, eyewash logs, sample medications, AED, suction and other required checks. following appropriate protocols such as infection control, universal protocol, and patient identification secures supplies, ensures patient is properly undressed and draped, provides instruments to physicians, holds patient, as required and assists patient after procedure/examination. – Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations including, but not limited to lumbar puncture, pelvic exam, etc. – Performs electrocardiograms and phlebotomy in accordance with provider orders adheres to infection control standards including, but not limited to, hand hygiene, use of PPE, isolation of patient with known infectious disease, and equipment disinfection/sterilization. – Performs and documents daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment when needed informs the supervisor of when inaccurate controls are noted. – Collects and assists providers in collection of specimens, as required, using appropriate protocols such as infection control completes requisitions, labels and routes specimens according to standard procedure. – Performs vital signs, height, weight, and screening procedures which may include, but are not limited to, head circumference, audiometry, and vision testing documents findings in the medical record. – Enters & documents information from the patient visit into the patient’s electronic medical record or written chart – Collaborates with members of the health care team in coordinating and implementing plans for patient may record reason for visit and related patient information for practitioner review. Assists in coordinating organization of care to meet patient needs. Ensures medical record is accurate, complete and meets medical coding requirements. Duties include, but are not limited to preparing patient for physician, administering, obtaining and recording diagnostic laboratory test results, entering information into the patient’s electronic or written chart. The hardest part is the workload and stress from it, as you are writing the notes for the providers.Performs patient care under the physician’s/nurse’s direct supervision. Workplace culture depends on the facility in which you work. This is a plus as there really is no micromanaging. You only interact mostly with the chief scribe and you barely interact with upper management unless there are serious issues. I'm happy to be leaving here soon, but I definitely learned a lot while on the job from all the providers that I've worked under. Urgent care/ER has tons of work and you definitely feel underpaid. ![]() Your workload depends on where you get "placed". My rate only increased a couple of months ago. ![]() I've worked as a scribe for almost 3 years in NY and was paid the state minimum for over two years. As a scribe, you are contracted out to a clinic or hospital, the clinic/hospital pays a rate to ScribeAmerica for you, then ScribeAmerica pays you that rate. The medical scribe position is excellent for 1-2 years if you're trying to go into the healthcare profession (MD/DO, PA, NP, RN etc.). ![]()
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