How to Get Hired At A Hospital or Doctor’s Office

Feb 18, 2016

Medical practices hire employees in variety of office jobs. Each occupation requires its own unique set of skills. A list of common medical office job duties includes:

  • Scheduling appointments
  • Billing patients
  • Making collections calls to patients with outstanding medical bills
  • Filing insurance claims
  • Answering questions about patient accounts

You may need to have specialized training, educational achievements, and relevant job experience on your resume to attract serious attention from employers when applying for office support staff positions in the healthcare industry. We recently talked about some of the many medical office job titles that are available in Western North Carolina today. This blog offers you tips we’ve compiled on how to get a job in a hospital or doctor’s office, including the education and training needed.

Medical Office Skills Training and Educational Programs

To qualify for an entry level position in a medical office, you will need to have earned a high school diploma or GED at minimum. Earning additional certifications or diplomas will help you become eligible for more, and often higher paying, employment opportunities. Several community colleges here in Western North Carolina offer workforce training courses and educational programs can help you learn the skills and earn the credentials you may need to get hired as a medical office professional.

The Medical Office Administration program from AB Tech includes classes in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, medical coding, billing, and insurance. They offer an associate’s degree program as well as a diploma program in Medical Office Administration. AB Tech also offers a Medical Coding certificate program and a diploma program in Medical Transcription.

Blue Ridge Community College also offers several medical office occupational training courses including:

These are only two of many great schools that offer the educational programs that will help you begin or advance your career in healthcare. Take a look at this list of North Carolina Community Colleges to find a school near you.

Medical Office Job Titles

Medical Offie Job Titles include:

Office Job Experience

Work experience can be just as important as educational achievements when applying for some positions. If you are new to the field and looking to get your foot in the door, registering with a staffing agency can be an excellent way of getting job experience in a medical office.

Healthcare practices sometimes need temporary workers to fill in when they have a staff member go on vacation, maternity leave, or other long period of absence. Check Friday Services’s Job Board regularly to see currently available medical office positions.

As you earn more work experience, your resume will become more attractive to employers. For example, the experience you gain by succeeding in a Receptionist or General Office Support job may eventually help you work your way up to an Administrative Assistant position.

Clerical and customer service experience in other types of work environments can also help you qualify for medical office jobs. Communications skills and customer service skills are often just as important as clerical skills. Previous job experience that demonstrates you have these abilities may help you qualify for an entry level position. For example, call center or data entry experience may be very helpful when applying to Scheduler, Receptionist, or Collections positions offered by medical offices or hospitals.

Also, language skills can be very helpful. Bilingual candidates may be in higher demand so if you speak a second language, be sure to include that on your resume. Many medical offices in Western North Carolina are looking for job applicants who speak English as well as Spanish or Ukrainian.

Looking for Medical Office Job Experience? Apply to Friday’s!

Friday Services matches job seekers with job opportunities offered by medical offices and hospitals across Western North Carolina. We may be able to help you begin a new career in medical office support or advance to the next level in your career. The first step is to submit your application.

Apply to work with Friday Services here.

Once you submit your online job application, we will take a look at the skills and experience you currently have to and then call you in to talk about your career goals. Once you are registered to work with Friday’s we will begin the process of matching you with the right job that will help you achieve those goals. The Friday Services team wants to help you achieve success!

Employees

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