PipelineNC Career Profile for
Medical Transcriptionists
Career Description
Use transcribing machines with headset and foot pedal to listen to recordings by physicians and other healthcare professionals dictating a variety of medical reports, such as emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form to the dictator for review and signature, or correction. 
NC Salary
$22,920
$32,600
$42,840
What It Takes
Required Level of Education - Some College Courses Related Work Experience - Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years On-Site or In-Plant Training - Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year On-the-Job Training - Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months 
Did You Know?
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KnowledgeEnglish Language
Importance:
 Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Clerical
Importance:
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
Computers and Electronics
Importance:
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Medicine and Dentistry
Importance:
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Administration and Management
Importance:
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
AbilitiesOral Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression
Importance:
The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Oral Expression
Importance:
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Finger Dexterity
Importance:
The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Work Styles
Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. ASSESS YOUR JOB SKILLS FOR THIS CAREER PATH
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