Side Hussle: Medical Transcription (applying, jobs, hire, training)

[mmays]

Hello all,
I worked for years in a healthcare setting before going to graduate school to teach. I'm currently a teacher but considering a part-time gig in medical transcription. It appears it requires some online training and pays around $20/hour in Boston area. Any advice/information anyone can provide appreciated.

[bobsell]

There are no medical transcription jobs that require no experience. You'll get your online training and then try to apply, only to hear "why is this teacher applying for a medical transcriptionist job" and reject you for not having no experience.

So unless the training provides an internship you've got no way around the catch-22.

[deposite]

Originally Posted by bobsell

There are no medical transcription jobs that require no experience. You'll get your online training and then try to apply, only to hear "why is this teacher applying for a medical transcriptionist job" and reject you for not having no experience.

So unless the training provides an internship you've got no way around the catch-22.

You need to re read what the OP said. He/she worked I the healthcare industry for years.

[bobsell]

Originally Posted by deposite

You need to re read what the OP said. He/she worked I the healthcare industry for years.

Worked as what role?

One could be a janitor in a hospital, and "work in the healthcare industry"

One could be a software engineer in a hospital and "work in the healthcare industry"

I'm talking about the medical transcriptionist role. Clearly the OP didn't work in that role, so the OP would have no experience in that role.

In addition, the OP's CURRENT ROLE is a teacher. You think a recruiter doing a six second scan will go much beyond the current role?

My comment deals with how the job market is.

[deposite]

Originally Posted by bobsell

Worked as what role?

One could be a janitor in a hospital, and "work in the healthcare industry"

One could be a software engineer in a hospital and "work in the healthcare industry"

I'm talking about the medical transcriptionist role. Clearly the OP didn't work in that role, so the OP would have no experience in that role.

In addition, the OP's CURRENT ROLE is a teacher. You think a recruiter doing a six second scan will go much beyond the current role?

My comment deals with how the job market is.

But you're not giving the OP advice that could help. I know the job market can be unforgiving but those comments don't help either,

[ERH]

Is medical transcription still a thing?

[bobsell]

Originally Posted by deposite

But you're not giving the OP advice that could help. I know the job market can be unforgiving but those comments don't help either,

Telling someone that they can get a job without experience is not helpful. Only schools like to say things like that because they care about getting tuition dollars.

I did give good advice - get the internship. OP can do this internship during the summer when they're off on teaching, right?

If the training program does not come with an internship, the program is worthless. So my advice to make sure the training program has an internship is helpful.

[deposite]

Originally Posted by bobsell

Telling someone that they can get a job without experience is not helpful. Only schools like to say things like that because they care about getting tuition dollars.

I did give good advice - get the internship. OP can do this internship during the summer when they're off on teaching, right?

If the training program does not come with an internship, the program is worthless. So my advice to make sure the training program has an internship is helpful.

They're looking for something on the side.
Again, you didn't read what they were asking for.

[bobsell]

Originally Posted by deposite

They're looking for something on the side.
Again, you didn't read what they were asking for.

So say you.

If they're looking for a job "on the side" - that means someone has to hire them to do it.

That requires experience in medical transcription.

No experience, no job.

The OP needs to get an internship in the program. No internship, game over, the program is worthless.

Nobody's going to trust someone with zero experience, with HIPPA regulated medical records.

[OC Native]

Originally Posted by mmays

Hello all,
I worked for years in a healthcare setting before going to graduate school to teach. I'm currently a teacher but considering a part-time gig in medical transcription. It appears it requires some online training and pays around $20/hour in Boston area. Any advice/information anyone can provide appreciated.

@mmays I did a quick search maybe 15-20 mins and picked 3 sites that may be helpful and there's plenty of info available. Best of luck to you.

https://theworkathomewife.com/transcription-jobs-home/

https://study.com/medical_trancriptionist.html

https://www.meditec.com/medical-tran...ing-course/faq