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Medical transcriptionist
Clinical transcriber Clinical transcription suite typist Clinical transcription typist Clinical transcriptionist Medical secretary-audio typist Medical transcriber Medical transcription suite typist Medical transcriptionist Medical transcriptionist and proof reader
Medical transcriptionists interpret dictated information from the doctor or other healthcare professionals and convert it into documents. They create, format and edit medical records for patients based on the provided data and take care to apply punctuation and grammar rules.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Scheduling and confirming medical appointments and communicating messages for medical staff; and patients;
(b) Compiling, recording and reviewing medical charts, reports, documents and correspondence;
(c) Interviewing patients to complete forms, documents and case histories;
(d) Completing insurance and other claims forms;
(e) Maintaining medical files and records and technical library;
(f) Preparing financial statements and billing procedures;
(g) Assisting in the preparation of budgets, drafting of contracts and purchasing or acquisition orders;
(h) Supervising the work of office support workers and other office staff.
Knowledge
- Medicine
- Database and network design and administration
- Nursing and midwifery
- Secretarial and office work
- Literature and linguistics
Digital competencies
- Performing general clerical and administrative tasks
- Planning events and programmes
- Collaborating and liaising
- Entering and transforming information
- Managing information
Digital competencies
- Managing, gathering and storing digital data
- Protecting ict devices
- Using word processing, publishing and presentation software
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
- Collaborating in teams and networks
- Following ethical code of conduct
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Business and administration associate professionals
Administrative and specialized secretaries
Medical secretaries
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Medical secretaries
31
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
14,49%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-6,06% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
90,32%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
58,06%
Part-time contracts
1,00% Turnover index
74
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
12%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Business and administration associate professionals
61%
39%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Business and administration associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Administrative and specialized secretaries
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Medical secretaries
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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