Ethan R. Baptiste
Medical Scribe, Emergency Department
Sacramento, CA · (916) 555 0138 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/ethanrbaptiste
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Two years of emergency department scribing plus one year as an emergency medical technician
SETTINGS
Level two trauma center emergency department with 48 beds and a fast track area
SPECIALTIES
Emergency history and physical, procedure notes, critical care time, medical decision making
SYSTEMS
Epic and its emergency department track board, Dragon dictation, Pyxis observation
LICENSURE
Certified Medical Scribe Specialist, Basic Life Support, privacy training
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in physiology, Sierra Nevada State University
Executive Summary
Emergency department medical scribe with two years documenting for attending physicians in a level two trauma center that sees about 78,000 visits a year. Charts 28 to 34 patients a shift in Epic, from chest pain and stroke activations to lacerations and sprains, and now trains new scribes on the department. Applying to physician assistant programs for the 2027 cycle with more than 2,800 documented patient contact hours.
Signature Achievements
- Documents 28 to 34 patient encounters a ten hour shift against a department scribe average of 24.
- Holds a chart closure rate of 99 percent by the end of the shift for the physicians covered over the last four quarters.
- Scored 96 percent or higher on every monthly documentation audit for the last eighteen months, with no missed critical care time.
- Cut the time the covered physicians spent charting after shift from about 55 minutes to under 15 minutes on scribed shifts.
- Trained eight new scribes on the emergency department floor and wrote the quick reference card for trauma and stroke activation notes.
- Passed the Certified Medical Scribe Specialist examination in 2025.
Professional Experience
Medical Scribe and Scribe Trainer
Capitol Scribe Partners, placed at American River Medical Center, Sacramento, CA September 2024 to present
Level two trauma center emergency department seeing about 78,000 visits a year with a scribe team of fourteen
- Document the history, physical examination, procedures, reassessments and medical decision making in real time for one attending physician per shift.
- Enter orders as pended items for the physician to sign and track results so the physician sees them as they post.
- Record critical care time, sepsis screening times and stroke activation time stamps while the team works.
- Read back every chart to the physician before signature and correct anything the physician changes.
- Train new scribes on the floor for their first six shifts and score their charts against the audit checklist.
Emergency Medical Technician
Delta Ambulance Service, Stockton, CA June 2023 to September 2024
Private ambulance company running 911 and interfacility transports across two counties
- Responded to about 1,100 calls with a paramedic partner and took vital signs, histories and handoff reports.
- Wrote patient care reports on the ambulance laptop and gave verbal report to emergency department nurses.
- Kept the ambulance stocked and completed the daily equipment checklist.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Medical Scribe Specialist, American College of Medical Scribe Specialists, 2025
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy and security training, completed annually since 2024
Basic Life Support, current
Education
Bachelor of Science in physiology, Sierra Nevada State University, Sacramento, 2023
Emergency medical technician certificate, Delta Community College, Stockton, 2023
Core Skills
Real time charting · Emergency department notes · Medical terminology · Critical care time capture · Procedure documentation · Epic track board · Pended order entry · Result tracking · Scribe training · Typing 85 words a minute