medical administrative assistant
Medical administrative assistants work very closely with health professionals. They provide office support such as correspondence, fixing appointments and answering queries of patients.
Also called: healthcare assistant, medical PA, PA, medical assistant, health services administrative assistant, personal assistant, healthcare secretary, administrative assistant in medical institution
- 14
- essential skills
- 28
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- front line medical receptionist7 skills in common
- medical records clerk6 skills in common
- chiropractic assistant5 skills in common
- doctors' surgery assistant5 skills in common
- clinical informatics manager4 skills in common
- secretary3 skills in common
- specialist chiropractor3 skills in common
- waiting list coordinator3 skills in common
Essential skills
14- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- answer patients' questions
- apply organisational techniques
- clinical reports
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate by telephone
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- manage budgets
- manage personnel agenda
- medical informatics
- send samples to laboratory
- type on electronic devices
- use communication techniques
- use spreadsheets software
Optional skills
28- allocate bills
- analyse insurance needs
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- comply with legislation related to health care
- coordinate events
- fill out forms
- fix meetings
- handle paperwork
- healthcare administration
- insurance law
- listen actively
- manage accounts
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical terminology
- monitor billing procedures
- order supplies
- organise travel arrangements for staff
- pathology
- plan schedule
- process medical insurance claims
- professional documentation in health care
- record healthcare users' billing information
- record treated patient's information
- transcribe dialogues
- transcription methods
- types of insurance
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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