Job Description
Salary : $33,779.20 - $48,776.00 Annually
Location : Cherokee - 51012 - Cherokee County, IA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 25-00506
Agency: 400 Health & Human Services- State Operated Specialty Care- Cherokee Mental Health Institute
Opening Date: 09/05/2024
Closing Date: 9/19/2024 11:59 PM Central
LinkedIn Tag: #LI-POST
Point of Contact: Deb Koch, dkoch1@dhs.state.ia.us
Job Description Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and Selective Requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking an energetic and detail-oriented person to join the team at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute (CMHI) in the role of Medical Transcriptionist. This is a full-time position with a Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. schedule and opportunity for advancement, growth, and development.
The Medical Transcriptionist will use the Dolbey Fusion transcription system. Important duties include proofreading completed documents and correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, and typographical errors. The Medical Transcriptionist also performs filing, coding, and routing, participates in the testing and debugging of new word processing programs, and develops and maintains a working knowledge of the Dolbey Fusion transcription system and standard office equipment including fax machines, microfilm, and electronic typewriters.
If you enjoy helping adults and families connect with mental health and disabilities services, this is a great opportunity to consider. CMHI provides active inpatient treatment to adults in need of acute psychiatric care. The facility offers several services including individualized treatment plans. Support for patients with special education needs to continue their education is provided, and individuals are encouraged to collaborate with staff members in formulating their own plan. Medication, group counseling, and activities therapies might be included as well.
We have a great total compensation package, including:
- Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) (Employee contributes 6.29%/State of Iowa contributes 9.44%)
- Retirement Investors Club (RIC) (Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan) (State of Iowa matches up to $75/month)
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance (See below for additional information)
- Vacation Leave (96 hours/year to begin, and increases with years of service)
- Sick Leave (144 hours/year)
- Paid Holidays (9 days/year)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance ($20,000 paid for by the State of Iowa)
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
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Cherokee Highlights CMHI is located in Cherokee, a city of approximately 5,000 set in the beautiful Little Sioux River Valley in Northwest Iowa. Residents enjoy fishing and canoeing on the Little Sioux River which winds through town providing a backdrop to a well-developed parks and trails system. In addition, Cherokee has over 1,000 acres of land devoted to parks and outdoor activities like camping, hiking, and horseback riding. Cherokee is the home of the first accredited museum and planetarium in Iowa, Sandford Museum and Planetarium, established in 1951. Cherokee may be the smallest town in the world to have its own symphony orchestra! This 60-member orchestra has been referred to as the "best kept secret in Northwest Iowa."
Cherokee is home to Western Iowa Tech Community College and 1 hour or less from other educational institutions including Morningside College, Northwestern College, Buena Vista University, and Dordt College. This quintessential Iowa town is 1 hour from Sioux City and 2 hours from Omaha. Check out these .
The State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer HHS values those with "lived experience" and encourages adults who were fostered as youth, foster parents, and/or parents who were in the DHS system to apply. Minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply (Hearing and Speech Impaired - Relay Iowa 1-800-735-2942 TDD).
Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit
Selectives 080 ***
Typing Score of 50 or greater (50-59 WPM) Information about typing tests and scores related to State of Iowa employment can be found at:
Minimum Qualification Requirements Experience equal to one year of full-time work involving word processing functions such as: text editing and formatting, document storage and retrieval, and document merging;
OR
employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to six months of full-time work as a Word Processor 1.
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Applicants must possess the ability to type 40 wpm net. You must provide verification of your typing score prior to the closing date of this vacancy. (Click here for more details about the typing test.)
Additional Qualification Requirements ***Please Note: If you do not have a test, you may schedule a time with IowaWorks locations across the state, schools and other places may be closed to take tests. We are temporarily allowing ONLINE tests. Many free and reliable tests can be found by searching online. A site that has been popular amongst applicants is . You may also use or . The test can be accepted if it is witnessed by another person and it has met the requirements/guidelines on the document submitted.
These guidelines must be met and need to be on the typing document you submit:
- Gross number of words typed in a five minute timed test
- Number of errors
- Net words per minute (one point deduction for each error)
- Your name and date must be on the document submitted to this office.
- And it must be signed off by a witness or another person not just from the typing website's electronic signature.
- You may attach the document to the online application.
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How many months do you have of full-time work involving word processing functions such as: text editing andformatting, document storage and retrieval, and document merging?
- Less than 12 months of the identified experience
- 12 months or more of the identified experience
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Are you a current State of Iowa employee - executive branch? IF YES - How many months do you have of full-time work in the classification of Word Processor 1 for the State of Iowa?
- I am not a current State of Iowa employee
- I do not have any experience in the classification of Word Processor 1 for the State of Iowa
- Less than six months of experience in the classification of Word Processor 1 for the State of Iowa
- Six months or more of experience in the classification of Word Processor 1 for the State of Iowa
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State of Iowa Typing Test Submission - Have you taken a typing exam and submitted your Typing Score of 50 or more?
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