Pathology Reporting Specialist - ARZ Lab Medicine and Pathology

Mayo Clinic•Scottsdale, AZ

4h•Onsite

About The Position

The Pathology Reporting Specialist performs a variety of tasks to support pathologists and other allied healthcare providers, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all documents through report review, medical editing, tests ordered, and patient case reports. This role allows pathologists to focus on patient care. Key tasks include transcribing pathology reports, quality, research, and administrative documents. The specialist coordinates patient case correspondence and materials, orders tests and stains, reports test results, and ensures billing and coding compliance. Additional responsibilities include answering telephones, participating in process improvement (including data collection), coordinating case conference materials, and maintaining the consultant calendar. Accessioning of case materials may also be required. The specialist must adhere to and review work unit standard operating procedures. This role also involves serving as a resource and mentor, training and educating new and existing team members, and troubleshooting problems. The individual is expected to demonstrate initiative, proficiency, and good judgment to optimize the time of consultants and other healthcare providers. The position requires being highly organized, efficient, multifunctional, and capable of working independently and as part of a team, with excellent written and oral communication skills, experience in medical terminology, and customer service.

Requirements

Highly organized
Efficient
Multifunctional with ability to work independently as well as in a team
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience in medical terminology
Experience in customer service
High motivation to start and complete tasks independently and in a timely manner
Strong organizational and communication skills
Commitment to quality and excellence in service

Responsibilities

Ensuring accuracy and completeness of all documents through report review/medical editing, tests ordered, and patient case reports.
Transcribing pathology reports as well as quality, research and administrative documents.
Coordinate patient case correspondence/materials.
Order tests and stains for cases.
Report test results.
Participate in and ensure billing and coding compliance.
Answering telephones and providing related follow-through.
Participation in process improvement which includes data collection.
Coordinating case conference materials.
Maintain consultant calendar.
Accessioning of case materials (may include).
Follow work unit standard operating procedures along with reviewing and ensuring accuracy of those procedures.
Serve as a resource and mentor to others by training, educating, and mentoring both new and existing members of the work unit.
Troubleshooting and resolving problems.