Advice needed Law to Medical

bing0

I have been a legal secretary for 18 years and would really love to change from being a legal secretary to a medical secretary. I have searched the NHS jobsite and note that frequently they require either an AMSPAR certificate or ECDL. I do not have either of these but an awful lot of secretarial experience with a lot of secretarial exam qualifications. My question is should I submit an application on pure merit or take a medical secretary course (even though most of the modules only cover what I already know and do). Thank you.

fuzzyfelt_2

I only know a little about this because I have a careers advice background, but here's my advice for what it's worth. An AMSPAR Advanced Diploma for Med Secs does tend to be desirable, but it may be worth a try making an application and seeing what happens. It may also be worthwhile buying a book on medical terminology, as you will be expected to have some knowledge of medical terms and language.

AMSPAR also do a couple of certificates in medical terminology, which can be taken via distance learning. Have a look at their website: http://www.amspar.co.uk/

Good luck!:D

poet123

I have the AMSPAR qualification (and an ECDL, but have never worked as a medical secretary!)the only real difference between normal secretarial qualifications is the knowledge of medical terminolgy. I would just try to get a cert in that, in addition to your experience that will probably get you an interview. Good luck.

Paparika

I temped as a med sec for the NHS, they tend to use their own pool.

I had no secretarial experience as such, just the usual pitmans etc
as another poster has said its the terminology that you need to use, luckily i was given a book to use with all the drug names reliant to the area i was in.