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Medical Office Assistant and Unit Clerk

Looking for a rewarding career and help others simultaneously? You’ll love being a Medical Office Assistant and Unit Clerk. Medical Office Assistants and Unit Clerk assist in preparing patients for physicians, surgeons and practitioners, and perform general and medical office duties.

Medical Office Assistant and Unit Clerk program in Prairie Western College will prepare you to perform a variety of administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians and other healthcare practitioners running smoothly.

You can download the program outline at the end of the page.

Career Opportunities

Upon successful completion, a graduate of this program would be eligible for job oppertunities in positions like Medical Office assistant, Hospital Unit Clerk, Medical Office Receptionist etc.

Salary Information

Source:  https://alis.alberta.ca/occinfo/occupations-in-alberta/occupation-profiles/medical-office-assistant/

 

Job Demand

Students graduating fromMedical Office Assistant and Unit Clek Diploma Program will have high demand in Job Market.  According to thejob market forecast healthcare jobs will be dominating the job market over the next decade. The COVID-19 condition, rapid increase in health problems and newly emerging diseases have raised the necessity for healthcare and related professionals to new height. Therefore, in the course of time health services will have great demand. Medical and healthcare centers, clinics will develop. Professionals will spread their work and there will be need of more assistance in this sector. And that will prompt the need of students graduating fromMedical Office Assistance Diploma Program. Hence, with the passage of time, the demand for Medical Office Assistants will grow high in the future. 

Download below for Medical Office Assistant and Unit Clek Diploma Program outline