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Hospital secretary (cert.): Professionals for administration and organization in the healthcare sector

Hospital secretaries work in hospitals and doctors' surgeries, where they carry out administrative and organizational tasks independently. They have commercial skills and in-depth knowledge of the healthcare and hospital sector. They support their superiors in all matters and form the interface between customers and patients, employees, management and other healthcare facilities.

Relevance:The hospital secretariat is an information, communication and coordination center and represents the company to the outside world. As the first point of contact for patients and cooperating institutions, hospital secretaries have an influence on the image and success of the company. With their combination of commercial and medical skills, they find numerous vacancies on the job market in hospitals (departmental, medical and executive secretariats, administration, HR), private medical practices, group practices and nursing homes as well as insurance companies and health insurance funds.

Activity:Hospital secretaries have a wide range of tasks. Hospital secretaries provide information, handle correspondence, process patient and business documents and organize filing, prepare medical reports and protocols from a dictaphone, arrange and coordinate appointments, receive patients, record their data in the IT system and process invoices and health insurance inquiries. In smaller medical practices, they sometimes also create presentations and graphics or maintain the website.

Education:Training to become a hospital secretary is not standardized and concludes with the school's own diploma. Most schools work closely with hospital associations and the Swiss Commercial Association (SKV).

At some schools it is possible to obtain a diploma that is uniformly regulated and recognized by the Association of Swiss Hospitals, Clinics and Nursing Institutions (H+, formerly VESKA).

Learning content:In addition to commercial skills (e.g. accounting, German, legal knowledge, IT application and communication), the various hospital secretary training courses generally impart knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, pathology, pharmacology/pharmacology, medical correspondence, hospital and practice administration/organization as well as social and health insurance.

Personal requirement:Outgoing team players with a commercial or other professional qualification, a precise and fast working style and good foreign language skills (English, French and Italian and any other language spoken by the population are also an advantage) who want to specialize in the medical field make a good choice with hospital secretary training. The further training is also suitable for returning to work.

Questions and answers

The course to become a medical and hospital secretary lasts between six months and a year, depending on previous education and school. Training to become a hospital secretary is therefore not too long.
Be sure to enquire about the current duration at the training center of your choice.

Training to become a medical secretary is not federally regulated, meaning that the duration and scope of the courses can be determined by the schools and educational institutions themselves. Almost all continuing education, further training courses are offered on a part-time basis, so that it is generally still possible to work full-time. Depending on the educational institution and training model, a course can last from 1 to 3 semesters.

After completing your training as a medical and hospital secretary, you will receive a course certificate.

The following requirements must be met for admission to hospital secretary training:

  • Either completed basic commercial training, commercial secondary school or commercial school and professional experience.

or

  • Completion of basic training in a healthcare profession such as healthcare specialist, pharmacy specialist or nursing specialist with professional experience

Note: This training is also suitable for those returning to work.

Be sure to ask your chosen educational institution about the applicable admission requirements.

Practice and hospital secretaries work in doctors' surgeries, clinics, group practices, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals, where they take care of all administrative tasks. They transcribe medical reports and expert opinions that are spoken to them by doctors on a dictaphone, make appointments for consultations, receive patients, bill for medical services, conduct medical correspondence, know the most important medical terms and tariff systems, operate the telephone and are familiar with the hospital and healthcare organization.

Depending on the school, the content of the hospital secretary training course may vary. Administration / practice organization plays a major role in the course, as do medical correspondence, medical terminology, anatomy and pathology. Medication theory is also taught, as well as patient admission and communication and knowledge of social and health insurance. For detailed information on the individual schools, please get in touch with the relevant contact person directly using the contact form.

The exact curriculum for this additional training to become a medical secretary varies from school to school. In most cases, however, in-depth knowledge is taught in the following areas:

  • Anatomy
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Medical correspondence
  • Computer science
  • Practice organization
  • Social insurances
  • Health insurance
  • Industry knowledge hospital and healthcare
  • Accounting
  • German
  • Legal knowledge
  • Computer science

In addition, electives can be taken free of charge at many schools. For more information on the exact curricula, please contact the respective educational institutions directly.

As a rule, the courses for training as a medical and hospital secretary are attended part-time. The teaching times for the hospital secretary training course can be two evenings a week, two full days, a Saturday and a weekday or Saturdays only. Each school offers different course models, so it makes sense to get in touch with the relevant contact person directly via our contact form.

A medical and hospital secretary performs various administrative tasks independently and professionally. They transcribe reports and expert opinions previously spoken by doctors on the dictaphone, answer the telephone and receive patients. Medical and hospital secretaries have a basic knowledge of medical terminology and health organization, are familiar with the various tariffs and forms required by health insurers and health insurance companies, so that they can carry out their tasks competently and are available as a contact person for doctors and patients.

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