£14,560
Average salary at age 20
£26,000
Average Salary
47
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.What Medical secretaries studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (C9) Others in biological sciences | 1 |
| (L4) Social policy | 1 |
| (B2) Pharmacology, toxicology & pharmacy | 2 |
| (G1) Mathematics | 1 |
| (W2) Design studies | 4 |
| (L3) Sociology | 2 |
| (C1) Biology | 3 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 1 |
| (C8) Psychology | 11 |
| (R2) German studies | 1 |
| (W1) Fine art | 1 |
| (V3) History by topic | 1 |
| (F8) Physical geographical sciences | 1 |
| (W8) Imaginative writing | 1 |
| (W6) Cinematics & photography | 2 |
| (A3) Clinical medicine | 1 |
| (C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry | 3 |
| (Q3) English studies | 6 |
| (L2) Politics | 2 |
| (R4) Spanish studies | 1 |
| (R1) French studies | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 1 |
| (W4) Drama | 2 |
| (M1) Law by area | 1 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 3 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 3 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 5 |
| (B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology | 4 |
| (N6) Human resource management | 1 |
| (V5) Philosophy | 1 |
| (T7) American studies | 1 |
| (B4) Nutrition | 1 |
| (N1) Business studies | 4 |
| (X3) Academic studies in education | 3 |
| (L5) Social work | 1 |
| (V6) Theology & religious studies | 1 |
| (X1) Training teachers | 1 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 4 |
| (C3) Zoology | 1 |
| (P3) Media studies | 1 |
| (N2) Management studies | 3 |
| (V1) History by period | 1 |
| (L6) Anthropology | 1 |
| (I1) Computer science | 1 |
UK Prospects
79900
Workforce Size
18.66%
Predicted decline 2024 - 2027
5418
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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