£26,000
Average Annual Pay
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
47
Average Weekly Hours
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2019
2.18%
Unemployment Rate
Labour Force Survey 2020
Future employment projections (Working Futures UK)
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.
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.Typical 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.
Common job titles
Secretary (hospital service)
Administrator, clinic
Secretary, medical
Clerk (medical practice)
Coordinator, clinic
Secretary, hospital
Administrator, medical
Summariser, notes, medical (medical practice)
Worker, clerical (medical practice)
Secretary, doctor's
Administrator, surgery, GP
Secretary (medical practice)
Officer, clerical (medical practice)
Education background
Destination of Leavers survey, supplied by the Higher Education Statistics.
Compare Medical secretaries with other careers
255/355
Ranked 255th out of 355 careers for highest average pay.
47/355
Ranked 47th out of 355 careers for the longest hours.
210/355
Ranked 210th out of 355 careers for highest unemployment rate.
Top industries: Medical secretaries
Working Futures UK
Employment type
Gender breakdown
£500
Female average weekly pay
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
£470
Male average weekly pay
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
345/350
Gender pay gap ranking
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
Compare the Gender Pay Gap for Medical secretaries with other careers.
Average weekly pay by age and gender: Medical secretaries
Pay change between years
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