Miami, FL Full-Time Anatomic Pathology

Location: Jackson Memorial Hospital

1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136

Shift: Full Time, Days

Why Jackson

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Summary

Medical Secretary 2 performs complex secretarial work requiring dictation for physicians in charge of medical or psychiatric areas within hospital departments or other medical activities of equivalent scope. Responsibilities include performance of a variety of secretarial and clerical tasks, frequent review the work of other clerical employees and occasional supervision of the work of others.

Responsibilities

• Takes dictation and finalizes complex correspondence involving medical, financial, and legal matters. 
• Provides the secretarial support to the attending physicians in clinical pathology Transcribes and/or types patient medical reports describing various pathological conditions and diagnoses. 
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of appropriate equipment. 
• Participates performance Improvement activities. 
• Maintains and updates files, records and reports. 
• Performs the duties of other medical secretaries in their absence. 
• Compiles these reports/data into departmental aggregate reports whenever indicated and submits these reports to the appropriate departments/ supervisors. 
• Produces accurate outcomes and results according to age specific standard operating procedures. 
• Completes work assignments within defined time limits. 
• Coordinates the dissemination or collection of specific information/reports from/to the supervisory staff. 
• Uses extensive knowledge of medical terminology in deciphering handwritten medical correspondence and typing it into the final appropriate format. 
• Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise). 
• Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Experience

• Generally requires 3 to 5 years of related experience.

Education

• High School diploma is required.

Skill

• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines. 
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form. 
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with critical thinking and professional composure. 
• Ability to understand and follow instructions. 
• Ability to exercise sound and independent judgment. 
• Knowledge and skill in use of job appropriate technology and software applications.

Credentials

• Valid license or certification is required as needed, based on the job or specialty.

Jackson Health System is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.