subject: Career As A Receptionist [print this page] If you fancy a career being a hotel receptionist, then the first thing you have to do is to get some experience of reception work. Working as a hotel receptionist often involves long hours and since you are the 'face' who will meet guests to the hotel, you need to be very experienced at meeting people, being able to sort out any little problems and able to operate the computer systems for bookings, table bookings in the restaurant and paying bills.
Becoming a dental receptionist is fairly straightforward. Although there is a dental course that you can take, which is the Advanced Award in Dental Reception, most dental receptionists are actually trained on the job, although some employers will also enable receptionists to study while they are employed.
Most dental practices will want to employ a receptionist who has some experience of working in receptions and who is aware of the problems that some patients have in going to the dentists. So if you can be aware of just how frightening some people find the dentist and be warm and friendly and hopefully put them at their ease, then you will have taken the first step to becoming a dental receptionist!
If you've already completed training and received certification from an accredited college like the medical receptionist course to become a medical receptionist or assistant, you might be wondering what path to take in order to earn the best possible medical assistant salary. There is no question that demand for medical assistants and receptionists will continue to grow along with many other positions in health care. But all medical salaries are affected by a numerous factors, one of which is location.
Medical receptionist training is absolutely essential to any person looking to apply for medical assisting jobs and career opportunities. Once someone becomes certified in the field of medical assisting they can rest assured of being placed at the top of the list when applying for any available job opportunities. The daily tasks of a medical secretary assistant can vary from job to job but remain the same in the core fundamental principles. A medical receptionist will greet patients and or customers visiting the doctors office, hospital, clinic or business.
Administrative duties may include and are not limited to include scheduling appointments for patients, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance and payment purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination by asking why the patient would like to see the doctor and then log the information in the patients chart so the physician will know why the patient is there.
