Medical secretaries
£26,071
Average salary
47 hours
Average weekly hours
2.18%
Unemployment rate
Definition: Medical secretaries
*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 4211
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.
Common tasks include:
- 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.
*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.
Employment status: Medical secretaries
Regional employment: Medical secretaries
Future employment: Medical secretaries
Top 12 industries: Medical secretaries
Alternative & related job titles: Medical secretaries
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)
Equality focus: Medical secretaries
Breaking down the official government big data sources by gender, age and region. Hours and pay data based on full time equlivalent roles.
Breakdown by gender
£26,071
Female average annual salary
£24,507
Male average annual salary
48
Female average weekly hours
36
Male average weekly hours
Average pay per hour: Medical secretaries
Workforce gender: Medical secretaries
Breakdown by region
£32,329
London - highest annual average salary
£21,379
North East (England) - lowest annual average salary
57
North East (England) - Highest average weekly hours
44
Northern Ireland - Lowest average weekly hours
Average pay per week (£): Medical secretaries
Average weekly hours by UK region/nation: Medical secretaries
Breakdown by age
20 years
Lowest annual salary (£14,600)
51 years
Highest annual salary (£30,243) at this age