Targeted Resumes Continued - Medical Secretaries

Today, we are continuing our resume writing series on targeted resumes. These next few days the focus will be on office and administrative work.

Medical Secretaries

Here are some typical tasks a medical secretary might perform throughout the day:

* Answer telephones, and direct calls to appropriate staff.
* Arrange hospital admissions for patients.
* Compile and record medical charts, reports, and correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.
* Complete insurance and other claim forms.
* Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.* Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, and forms such as intake and insurance forms.
* Maintain medical records, technical library and correspondence files.
* Operate office equipment such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, and other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories and medical records.
* Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits and collections, preparing and sending financial statements and bills, and keeping financial records.
* Perform various clerical and administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
* Prepare correspondence and assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles and conference proceedings.
* Receive and route messages and documents such as laboratory results to appropriate staff.
* Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries and medical consultations.
* Transcribe recorded messages and practitioners’ diagnoses and recommendations into patients’ medical records.
* Transmit correspondence and medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.

Source: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos151.htm and http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/43-6013.00