What kinds of clerical jobs are there in the medical field?
Asked by wewillneversleep
I'm a junior in high school, and I would really like to figure out what I want to do before I start applying for colleges next year. I'm really interested in the medical field, but I would not want to deal with patients all day long. I am rather shy, and squeamish. I think a clerical/office job would be perfect. I just have no idea what kind of office jobs are out there in the medical field. It would be very great if you could help me out with that. Thanks.

Best Answer:
I work in Rehabilitation as a administrative coordinator on a ward in the hospital. Ward Clerk Electronic record keeping Patient booking office Patient Accounts Auditing there are many areas in the medical field...do a course on medical terminology, you really need this, they are usually day courses and you get a certificate...and you will learn on the job anyway. You will need to do Business Admin/Secreterial course through college to get your foot through the door....try doing work experience at the hospital or Doctors surgery for experience. Wages are good, better than the average. Goodluck

I took a Medical Office Assistant course,,I only got a certificate, which was 3 semesters...but there are Associate degrees that you could get, which would be better because once you have an associates degree,, it will count towards a bachelors degree if you decide to further your education later on, with the possibility of extra course hours if they change their curriculum, but with a certificate they might not recognize that years down the line. But they also have courses that are only 2 semesters, so you could try that out to see if you like it. Then it will be pretty easy for you to get a receptionist type job at a doctors office doing clerical work..
Answered by Poof