Medical Secretaries
Medical Office Specialist, Medical Secretary, Unit Secretary, Unit Support Representative
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.
- Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Attention
- do two or more things at the same time
- 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:
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Concern for Others
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Medical procedure coding software
- MEDITECH software
Accounting software
- Accounts payable software
- Intuit QuickBooks
Word processing software
- Addressing software
- Microsoft Word
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some college or
high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$33,730
per year, on average
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