£7,800
Average salary at age 20
£23,920
Average Salary
36
Average hours per week
Description
Medical secretaries deal with correspondence, make appointments and handle patients’ queries; file and maintain medical and other records; transcribe notes and dictation; and perform other clerical tasks in hospitals/surgeries and other medical establishments.Main Tasks
- Sorts and files correspondence and maintains diary of the person/s for whom he/she works;
- Transcribes dictation into required format;
- Maintains patients’ records and arranges appointments;
- Answers enquiries and refers patient to appropriate experts;
- Organises and attends meetings and takes minutes of proceedings;
- Books resources such as rooms and refreshments, and orders stationery and other supplies as appropriate.
Qualifications
Entrants require GCSEs/S grades or an Intermediate GNVQ/GSVQ Level II. To qualify as a medical secretary, entrants take a one-year full-time or two-year part-time diploma in medical secretarial studies. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at Levels 2, 3 and 4.UK Prospects
79900
Workforce Size
19.36%
Predicted decline 2025 - 2035
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