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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

This role has the potential to become a Pathology Reporting Specialist Sr. if candidates have a coding certification and one year of experience.

Job Summary:

Performs a variety of tasks to support the pathologists, surgical pathology and cytology departments, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Documents patient demographics, orders, reports, billing records, and other necessary information into the electronic medical record.

+ Assists with requests in the preparation of diagnostic material for reference lab testing, research studies and tumor board (e.g., processing orders, requesting materials, and packaging diagnostic material and documentation).

+ Answers and triages phone calls, relays messages, and fulfills requested tasks prompted by these encounters.

+ Contacts outside providers to communicate additional test recommendations based on the pathologists’ findings.

+ Scans paper requisitions, second opinion pathology reports, and unsolicited pathology reports into the electronic medical record. Initiates amended reports as needed.

+ Interprets and converts dictation by health care professionals into printed text. Recognizes, interprets, and evaluates inconsistencies, discrepancies and inaccuracies in medical dictation and appropriately edits, revises, and/or clarifies without altering meaning of dictation or changing dictator's style.

+ Utilizes computerized dictation and transcription software and electronic health record software.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

+ None

Department:

3407000007 Lab - Surgical Path

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

+ **Paid Parental Leave** **:** we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

+ **Flexible Payment Options:** our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

+ **Upfront Tuition Coverage** : we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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