Working in Northern Ireland?

Question

Right now I live in BC Canada and I work as a medical office assistant. I didn't go to school for that I just have experience. I'm wondering if I would even have a chance at getting the same kind of job over in NI? or would it be best if I had some education as well? I have dual citizenship and am wanting to go back to NI next year some time.

Thanks

Additional Details

Well as a medical office assistant there are many different roles. I am a file clerk, so I deal with all the files, finding them for doctors, faxing records and so on. I also have a different role, I do the billing and I type up letters for doctors and so on. I also check people in at times.

I'm not a nurse or doctors or anything like that.

Answer 1

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It will depend on your level of general education.
!st level is up to GCSE Standard minimum 4 grade "C" (exams done at 16-17 years old)
2nd level is up to "A" level with exams done at 18-19 years old
3rd level and above is degree level.

For a care assistant a good general education is required. That would be 6-8 GCSE at grade "C" or above and would have to include English and maths and science. This would give you the stepping stones to more study to become a paramedic. Nurse or theatre technician. To be a doctor you need a degree with 6 years at university and a very high level of education to get there

Answer 2

Can you explain your role a bit better?

What type of medical office is it, and what do you do on a daily basis?

I think the term 'Medical Office Assistant' is unique to Canada, as I have just googled it, and the only search results that came up for this job type were all Canadian.

We probably do have similar roles over here, but we call it something else.

EDIT:

I think this is a similar role. Although this role is based in England, it is NHS, so the same criteria would apply:
http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetail…

It says that RSA3 is essential, though I think they would overlook that as you have a lot of experience, RSA is only a basic word processing qualification.

Answer 3

yes