Is This for You?

This programme has been designed for those seeking an administrative career in the medical industry. With this diploma, you’ll gain the skills needed to work in a GP practice, hospital, or other healthcare-based business.

Award and Associated Qualifications

cpd

Awarded 225 CPD points upon successful completion

About This Diploma

This programme has been designed for those seeking an administrative career in the medical industry. With this diploma, you’ll gain the skills needed to work in a GP practice, hospital, or other healthcare-based business.

Specialist skills to work in the administrative healthcare sector

Working in the medical sector is interesting, challenging, and rewarding — you’ll need to be super-efficient with top office skills, but also possess discretion, patience, and empathy. The Medical Admin Diploma will teach you all the vital skills you need to be the welcoming and efficient face of a medical practice or department.

With this diploma, you’ll learn medical terminology covering general medical practice and a range of specialisms, and you’ll combine this with essential office admin skills, including key Microsoft Office applications. You’ll also have the option to choose two elective courses from a range of additional subjects, including successful meetings and minutes and health and safety essentials.

Get the skills to gain a job as a trained Medical Administrator

The Medical Admin Diploma offers you the best of both worlds — all the skills you need to work in an office environment as a professional receptionist, plus specialist knowledge designed to help you thrive as a Medical Administrator. This means you can be confident in applying for a rewarding role as a Medical Administrator. What’s more, you’ll have demonstrated to potential employers your dedication and determination to succeed in this crucial role.

What will you get in return?

A Pitman Training diploma is one of the most prestigious training programmes you can complete from one of the most highly regarded training organisations in the world. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to gain a Level 2 or Level 3 qualification (Level 5/6 in Scotland).

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Aims and Objectives

This diploma covers a wide range of subjects from Microsoft Office programs and effective communication skills through to specialised medical secretary word processing and terminology courses, giving you the essential skillset you’ll need to get that job or promotion!

Courses Included

PA Courses

Microsoft Teams

In this course, you will learn how to use the core features of Microsoft Teams to set up and start meetings, send messages, collaborate on…

Microsoft Office

Microsoft SharePoint

In this course, you will learn how to use the core features of Microsoft SharePoint to store, organise, share, and access information from any device.

Microsoft Office Courses

Outlook

This flexible study Outlook course takes you through everything you need to use this popular email system as a work tool, from navigation and views…

Medical Secretary Courses & Diplomas

Medical Terminology

This course helps you get under the skin of commonly used medical terminology across a wide range of disciplines. You’ll also have the opportunity to…

Medical Secretary Courses & Diplomas

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…

Microsoft Office Courses

Word

Our Microsoft Word course is designed to provide you with the essential skills you will need to be proficient in Word, in a work environment,…

Touch Typing Courses

Typaz

In just 25 hours speeds of 20-40+ words per minute are perfectly achievable, even if you have little prior experience. Comprising 10 lessons, you’ll also…

Microsoft Office

Excel

Microsoft Excel is the world’s most popular spreadsheet program. In Part 1, you will learn how to use the core features of Excel, such as…

Elective Courses

In addition to the core courses, you also choose one additional elective course. Below is a list of recommended courses but there is a wider list available. Please speak to a Course Advisor for full details of how best to tailor this Diploma to your requirements.

General Office Skills Courses

Google Docs

Google Docs is the online word-processing application that forms part of Google’s G-suite, which is used by organisations all over the world.

General Office Skills Courses

Zoom

This course will show you how to use the essential features of this popular video-conferencing platform to bolster your skillset for today’s business environment.

Microsoft Office

Microsoft OneDrive

In this course, you will learn how to use the core features of Microsoft OneDrive to organise documents, import files and folders, and share documents…

Microsoft Office Courses

PowerPoint

There are two advantages to our Microsoft PowerPoint training. One is that it's broken down into thirteen easily handled lessons - the other is that…

Medical Secretary Courses & Diplomas

Medical Audio Transcription

Our comprehensive Medical Audio Transcription training covers the transcription of medical documentation used when working in a medical administration role in hospitals, GP practices and…

Personal Development Courses

Health and Safety Essentials

This is a flexible study course, so you’ll have the freedom to study whenever suits you. The interactive e-learning system makes this an extremely accessible…

General Office Skills Courses

Personal Computer Essentials

In this course, you’ll learn the components and basic operation of the personal computer, covering hardware and software components, application software, and file management.

Communication Courses

Effective Business Communication

This excellent course will raise your game when it comes to business communication skills, which is often top of the list of qualities demanded by…

Touch Typing Courses

Audio Transcription Level 1

Audio Transcription is a valuable skill, with applications in many industry sectors. This audio typing course will teach you how to operate audio transcribing equipment…

General Office Skills Courses

Successful Meetings and Minutes

If you work as a Secretary, Administrator, PA, EA or Office Manager for instance, your role may involve taking notes or minutes at meetings.

Pre-Requisites

There are no pre-requisites for this diploma.

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*).

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

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

Career Path

Once your training is completed, you can look to apply for roles working as a Medical Administrator or Medical Secretary. From there, you could work towards becoming a Practice Manager or Team Supervisor.