Join a hospital where everyone makes a difference! Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) is a thriving community hospital that proudly provides acute care services including: Emergency, Surgery, Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Health, Intensive Care, Mental Health, and Inpatient Rehabilitation.
Our vision is to creating healthier communities together. Our dedicated and skilled staff are passionate about providing outstanding patient-centred care, and an exceptional patient experience to residents of the Waterloo Region and beyond.
- Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Group Benefits, including Health & Dental, for full time employees
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Career Development & Education Grant
- Wellness & Wellbeing Program
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives
Job Description:
Schedule
Shift
Expected number of hours: 20 hours weekly (not a guarantee)
Responsible to transcribe surgical pathology reports, autopsy and biopsy dictation. Prepares blocks and slides for consult and arranges the sendout and receipt of issued specimens. Additional responsibilities include Synoptic reporting to Cancer Care Ontario, preparing and updating Pathology Office procedure manual, registration and accessioning of referred-in specimens, medical correspondence for pathology service, invoicing, reception/telephone and other clerical duties as assigned, including record keeping and Core Laboratory Clerk duties as required.
The successful incumbent must be able to manage a fast pace and high volume workload. Meeting expected turnaround times are crucial while productivity and accuracy standards are maintained. Must be experienced with laboratory and pathology terminology and able to communicate with pathologists regularly have a clear understanding of and using pathology & histology-specific terminology. The Clerical Associate of Laboratory Pathology must also be able to perform additional administrative duties as required.
Posted hours do not constitute a guarantee that shifts will not be subject to change.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Successful completion of secondary school required
- Completion of Medical Terminology course required
- Minimum 3-5 years recent medical transcription experience required, particularly in pathology/laboratory
- Medical transcription experience for Surgical and medico-legal Autopsies required
- Editscrip and fluency transription software/dictation experience preferred
- Meditech experience preferred
- Proficiency in pathology terminology essential
- Ability to meet or exceed 200 minutes/day of transcribed work with over 80% accuracy required
- Competency in Lanier Voice Recognition Dictation system required
- Excellent organizational skills
- Knowledge of MS Office, in particular MS Word required
- Excellent communication skills (proficiency in English writing and grammar) required
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Typing speed of 65wpm and evidence of a high standard of accuracy
- Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis is required
As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our patients, staff and community from COVID-19, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, Cambridge Memorial Hospital requires that all staff have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.
The successful external applicant is required to provide the applicable criminal record check, as requested by Human Resources, in accordance with federal and provincial legislation. Valid criminal record checks are in original format and dated with two months from date of conditional offer from CMH.
Cambridge Memorial Hospital is committed to providing and fostering a respectful workplace. All reasonable accommodation will be made to support participation in the recruitment process. Where needed, accommodations for disabilities will be provided, on request, to support participation in all aspects of the recruitment process.