Pros
+Good experience for Pre-Med students or students of that sort +You will know after a few months if health care is for you or not +Can receive letters of recommendation from physicians +Paid online training prior to start date (see cons) +Online scheduling and tax forms makes it easy to check paper work and pay stubs +Given plenty of time with trainer, and can schedule more shifts with trainer if you’re still struggling
Cons
-Working for physicians can be difficult I.e. they can be very particular -Frequent turn over of Scribes -You don’t actually interact with patients, you just watch physicians do their clinic work -Low pay, I started at $9.50/hr and was raised to $10/hr after 3 months -Received online training prior to starting but it was not useful once I began the job because I did not work in that speciality (and I have heard that from many other scribes) -Starting job took 3 months in between hire date and start date -Long hours of standing -Given one pair of scrubs, the rest you are expected to purchase with your own money -Very little communication with direct and indirect supervisors, it took me months to figure out the hierarchy of things -Poor communication from management to employees when transition from Elite Medical Scribes to Scribe America was occurring
