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Medical Administrative Assistants

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals perform secretarial and administrative tasks in a medical environment.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Make and confirm appointments with doctors.
  • Transmit messages to medical staff and patients.
  • Enter and format documents (medical reports, electronic correspondence, spreadsheets, etc.).
  • Interview patients in order to complete their records.
  • Fill out forms for the payment of insurance and claims.
  • Keep medical records and documents and ensure their confidentiality.
  • Prepare meetings and take and distribute minutes.
  • Prepare financial statements and invoices.
  • Order supplies and maintain inventory.
  • Establish and enforce office routines and procedures.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$17.00
Median
$21.00
Maximum
$25.00

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

19,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
98% Female
2% Male

Not available.
  • 98% Female
  • 2% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$36,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for men
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for men
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    98% of jobs
  2. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    0% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    0% of jobs
  4. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    0% of jobs
  5. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    0% of jobs
  6. Others
    2% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    98% of jobs
  2. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    0% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    0% of jobs
  4. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    0% of jobs
  5. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    0% of jobs
  6. Others
    2% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

Secondary

AVS in secretarial Studies-Medical This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5727

Placement rate: 69.7%

18.2% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
AVS in secrétariat médical This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5227

Placement rate: 75.6%

10% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
AVS in secrétariat médical (Nouvelle version) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5374

Sometimes required

  • Knowledge of the existing computerized system may be required or an asset.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Oral expression
  • Reading comprehension
  • Active listening
  • Social perception
  • Information processing
  • Result evaluation
  • Critical thought
  • Coordination
  • Written expression
  • Service oriented
  • Active learning
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Teaching
  • Learning strategies
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Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Written comprehension
  • Awareness of issues
  • Speech clarity
  • Speech recognition
  • Near vision
  • Written expression
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Information organization
  • Classification
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Digital dexterity
  • Time sharing
  • Processing flexibility
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to work under pressure
  • Knowledge of the French language
  • Autonomy
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Sense of initiative
  • Friendliness
  • Respect others
  • Knowledge of office work

Interests

  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work in an office
  • Collect, verify, sort, and classify data or information

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Artistic
People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 1243

Medical administrative assistants

Job titles

  • Medical administrative assistant
  • Administrative assistant - medical
  • Ward secretary
  • Medical secretary
  • Medical stenographer
  • Case load planner - home health care services
More Less job titles

Skill type

Business, finance and administration

Related occupations

  • Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations
  • General office support workers
  • Health information management occupations

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

Last update: May 5, 2022

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