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Medical Secretaries :

Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

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About the Job

Primary Industry	Health Science
Indiana Average Salary	$33,170.00
Average Time to Fill	33 days
Typical Education	Some college, no degree
Typical Experience	Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Current Openings
2 Year Projected Openings (2016-2018)	2,928
2 Year Expected Percentage Change (2016-2018)	3.87 %
10 Year Projected Openings (2016-2026)	16,152
10 Year Expected Percentage Change (2016-2026)	23.18 %

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Skills Profile

Essential (Soft) Skills

Essential Skills to Employers

Written Communication
Resource Allocation
Following Directions
Attention to Detail
Professionalism
Integrity
Organization
Information Gathering
Customer Service
Oral Communication
Time Management
Work Ethic
Critical Thinking
Technology and Tool Usage
Decision-making

Top Job Duties and Responsibilities

Performing Administrative Activities

Process medical records
Dictate correspondence to be recorded
Take messages, notes, shorthand, and dictation
Prepare correspondence relating to financial discrepancies
Transcribe spoken or written information
Prepare business correspondence
Complete purchase requisitions
Perform administrative or clerical duties such as typing, accepting orders, or sorting mail
Retrieve files or charts
Date stamp messages, mail, or other information
Deliver items such as mail, messages, records, or files
Send information, materials or documentation
Process account invoices
Provide clerical assistance to customers or patients

Documenting/Recording Information

Write administrative procedures services manual
Maintain processes and procedures manual
Maintain dental or medical records
Document medical prognosis
Process medical billing information
Maintain customer and account records
Prepare records of customer charges
Record medical history
Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance
Prepare billing statements
Maintain insurance records
Maintain telephone logs

Monitoring and Controlling Resources

Maintain inventory of office equipment or furniture
Maintain inventory of office supplies
Inventory medical supplies or instruments
Order office, administrative, or clerical supplies, materials, and equipment
Disburse organizational funding
Maintain travel expense accounts
Collect deposits, payments, funding, or fees

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Booster Skills & Certifications

Job Seekers possessing booster skills & certifications, such as those listed below, added to core skills are more marketable, harder to find and expensive to hire.

Hard to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be hard to fill. These skills and certifications make a job seeker more in demand because the skills are not widely available.

Expensive to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be expensive to fill. Job seekers with these skills and certifications are likely to earn more money.

Skill or Certification	Certi - fication	Certification	Hard to Fill	Expensive to Fill
Surgery
General Office Duties
Record Keeping
Staff Management
Customer Contact
Patient Transportation and Transfer
Payment Collection

Career Path From

Occupation Career PathFrom	Related Jobs	Career Area	Starter Job
29-2071.92	Medical Biller	Clerical and Administrative	True
29-2071.93	Medical Records Clerk / Technician	Health Care including Nursing	True
43-6014.00	Office / Administrative Assistant	Clerical and Administrative	True
43-9022.00	Office Technician / Typist	Clerical and Administrative	True

Career Path To

Occupation Career PathTo	Related Jobs	Career Area	Specialized Training
43-1011.91	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	Clerical and Administrative	False
43-6014.00	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	Clerical and Administrative	False