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Medical Office Award

This award contains three courses focussed on helping you gain reputable medical administrator know-how. You’ll study Medical Word Processing, Socrates GP Practice Healthcare and Medical Terminology.

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Pitman Training’s Medical Office Award is designed for anyone interested in developing a career in the medical industry, working in a medical office, in roles such as Medical Administrator, Medical Clerk, Medical Secretary.

Optional Qualifications and Certification*

Awarded 65 CPD points upon successful completion

* not available to those on funded or TSG-supported programmes

Start Date

Flexible

Study Type

In centre, online, or a combination

Training Type

award

Duration

65 hours or 3 weeks full-time study

I now have more confidence in my abilities and I got a new job as a Ward Secretary. One of the best decisions of my life has been to attend Pitman Training. It was really a very positive experience.

- Therese K.

About this award

Our Medical Office Award is a course that gives you the grounding for entering the medical profession, providing you with the essential skills to work in a medical office. Stop trying to make sense of medical jargon via all the text books you’re ploughing through, and let us help you. With training advisors on hand, as well as workbooks to use as reference this is a great way to get under the skin of a quite complicated industry.

This course enables you to take things at your own pace, as we get to grips with medical jargon, terminology and documents. Working through the different modules you’ll start to make sense of the terminology and understand how it’s constructed, so you can hold your own at any interview and you’ve got a great grounding for your first job in this field.

Aims and Objectives

This award programme provides you with the opportunity to build your confidence in the medical arena, and equips you with technical knowledge and essential office and computer skills that shows you are ready to work in an administrative role within this industry

Courses Included

Medical Terminology

This course helps you learn commonly used medical terminology across a wide range of disciplines. Upon completion, you’ll obtain the Pitman Training certificate in Medical Terminology, which is widely recognised by hospitals, clinics, and surgeries throughout Ireland.

Medical Word Processing

Medical offices require a lot of admin. Get to grips with the finer workings of Word and you can go on and gain Pitman Training certification and include this on your CV.

Socrates GP Practice Healthcare

This is a fully accredited course which will enable you to learn all about the processes of GP and Healthcare practice management, using the latest software version.

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this award.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: - 

 

Self-Funded: 

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

 

 

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

 

 

Career Path

Once you have this certification on your CV you can look to apply for jobs working as a Medical Receptionist, Medical Administrator or Medical Secretary. All excellent roles in this niche office administration sector.

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