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13112 – Medical administrative assistants
Medical administrative assistants perform a variety of secretarial and administrative duties in doctor's offices, hospitals, medical clinics and other medical settings.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Administrative assistant - medical
- Case load planner - home health care services
- Medical administrative assistant
- Medical secretary
- Medical stenographer
- Ward secretary
- Ward secretary - hospital
- Administrative assistant - medical
- Medical secretary
- Ward secretary
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Schedule and confirm medical appointments and receive and communicate messages for medical staff and patients
- Enter and format electronically based medical reports and correspondence and prepare spreadsheets and documents for review
- Interview patients in order to complete forms, documents and case histories
- Complete insurance and other claim forms
- Initiate and maintain confidential medical files and records
- Prepare draft agendas for meetings and take, transcribe and distribute minutes
- Prepare financial statements and billing
- Establish and maintain various internal office administrative support procedures such as document tracking and filing and monthly reporting
- Order supplies and maintain inventory
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- May supervise and train other staff in procedures and in use of current software.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a one- or two-year college program or other specialized courses for secretaries or medical secretaries is usually required.
Additional information
Exclusions
- Health information management occupations (12111)
- Medical records clerk (in 14100 General office support workers)
- Medical transcriptionist (in 12110 Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, finance and administration occupations
- TEER
- 3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training
- Major group
- 13 – Administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations
- Sub-major group
- 131 – Administrative occupations
- Minor group
- 1311 – Office administrative assistants - general, legal and medical
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0