Medical Transcription Jobs

Some opportunities include the option of working in a clinical setting or at home.  Here is an example
Medical Transcriptionist
Department:     Clinical Information
Schedule:     Full time
Shift:     Day rotation
Hours:     40 Hours/Week
Job Details:     Associate Degree or equivalent work experience. Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, clinical medicine, surgery, diagnostic tests, radiology, pathology and pharmacology. 1 [...]

Many employers have a growth cycle whereby they accept contracts of increasing workload until all their subcontractors are working at full capacity. When they reach that point they put out job postings and hire the new people on a part time trial basis, essentially filling in and handling overflow. The performance and reliability [...]

Working evenings and weekends is a harsh reality for most home transcriptionists.  Effective time management is important if you want to make a living AND have a life.
If you are trying to make a go of home transcription, you also need to have strategies to avoid burnout.  Have scheduled time away from the office. If [...]

Here is a posting from a relatively large company that offers excellent perks but is asking for a lot of relevant experience. If you are working remotely, employers that have an established practice of paying via direct deposit should be your first choice. I have been in a position in the past of [...]

In the trenches of medical transcription work, quality is important, but your pay is based on quantity. Many companies choose to outsource quality assurance to experienced details oriented MT’s. Proofreading and QA  vary in scope slightly.
Chart Dynamics is looking for a pleasant, detail oriented transcriptionist to enforce their quality standards and provide [...]

Here is a listing from a company that is competing for the best MT’s.   This posting is even useful to unqualified MT’s as it lays out so much detail with regards to required skills.
Diskriter
Contact: Jean McCarthy
3275 West Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15216
mtrecruiter2@diskriter.com
Telephone: 1-800-242-1622 x338, Fax: 412-306-8019
Title of position: Transcriptionist
Experience: 3 years as a transcriptionist.
Location of position: [...]

Since I am going to be making these posts on a regular basis, I thought I would start highlighting one or two terms now and then and mantioning a bit about them.
The point of macros is to reduce the number of keystrokes you need to type commonly used terms. Specialized software will usually come [...]

Another line on MT work without much info:
Part Time Transcriptionist Accuracy and speed a must with prior Radiology terminology experience. May work from home or in office. Excellent hourly rate. Please call Patti Tanking at 717-774-7351 ext. 103.
Calling on the telephone about a job opportunity can be stressful. Having information like references on [...]

Part-Time Transcriptionist needed for busy OB/GYN practice. Please send resume to: Practice Manager Post Office Box 3764 Gastonia, NC 28054-3764 Or fax to: 704-854-3619
Sometimes a job posting does not contain much information, like this REAL job opportunity. If you can use the information provided to do a bit of online research about the company [...]

If voice recognition software was perfect, there wouldn’t be any need for transcriptionists. The state of the art voice recognition software is effectively used by some transcription services to reduce labor costs. A program has to be ‘trained’ to recognize the speech patterns of a particular person and additionally a speaker who [...]