Medical Secretaries
Also called:
Medical Secretary, Receptionist, Unit Support Representative, Office Manager
What they do:
Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.
On the job, you would:
- Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.
- Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.
- Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Health
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Concern for Others
- Attention to Detail
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Henry Schein Dentrix software
- NaviMedix NaviNet
Accounting software
- Accounts payable software
- Accounts receivable software
Word processing software
- Addressing software
- Corel WordPerfect software
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high school diploma or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$31,060
per year, on average
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