4211 Medical secretaries
Unit group 4211 in the ONS Standard Occupational Classification 2020, with the line the Appendix Skilled Occupations gives it. Not immigration advice.
In short
- ONS unit group 4211, in minor group 421 (Secretarial and related occupations) and major group 4 (Administrative and secretarial occupations).
- Appendix Skilled Occupations (figures as at 3 August 2026, re-checked 26 October 2026): Not on the list: Table 6.
- Going rate as the tables print it:
What the ONS says
Description
Medical secretaries deal with correspondence, make appointments and handle patients’ queries file and maintain medical and other records transcribe notes and dictation and perform other clerical tasks in hospitals/surgeries and other medical establishments.
Typical entry routes
Entrants require GCSEs/S grades or an Intermediate GNVQ/GSVQ level II. Professional qualifications as a medical secretary are available entrants take a one year full-time or two year part-time diploma in medical secretarial studies. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.
Tasks
- sorts and files correspondence and maintains diary of the person/s for whom they work
- transcribes dictation into required format
- maintains patients’ records and arranges appointments
- answers enquiries and refers patient to appropriate experts
- organises and attends meetings and takes minutes of proceedings
- books resources such as rooms and refreshments, and orders stationery and other supplies as appropriate
Related job titles
- Clinic coordinator
- Clinic administrator
- Medical administrator
- Medical secretary
- Secretary (medical practice)
What the Appendix Skilled Occupations says
The Appendix lists this code in the table below, with the table’s own caption and the row as printed. Read the full table, and any condition in it, on GOV.UK.
Table 6: SOC 2020 occupation codes which are not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes
- SOC 2020 occupation code
- 4211 Medical secretaries
- Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)
- Clinic coordinator
- Clinic administrator
- Medical administrator
- Medical secretary
- Secretary (medical practice)
Other unit groups in minor group 421
- 4212 Legal secretaries
- 4213 School secretaries
- 4214 Company secretaries and administrators
- 4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries
- 4216 Receptionists
- 4217 Typists and related keyboard occupations
Sources
Occupation text: Office for National Statistics, SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups (file dated 27 August 2026, version V13). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Tables: Home Office, Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations on GOV.UK, page updated 3 August 2026; re-checked against the page updated 8 October 2026 on 26 October 2026, tables unchanged.
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