Medical Secretaries: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Medical Secretaries is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 3344) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Dental secretary
- Hospital ward secretary
- Medical insurance billing secretary
- Medical laboratory secretary
- Medical office administrative assistant
- Medical practice manager
- Medical secretary
- Medical stenographer
- Medical transcriptionist
- Pathology secretary
Latest medical secretaries job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
220 open ads- Medical secretary
German title: Arztsekretärin
Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart · Stuttgart · Posted 2026-10-12
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Sweden
112 open ads- Neurology office is looking for medical secretary
Swedish title: Neurologimottagningen söker medicinsk sekreterare
VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN · Skövde · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical secretaries for heart medicine
Swedish title: Medicinska sekreterare till hjärtmedicin
VÄSTRA GÖTALANDSREGIONEN · Skövde · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical Secretary, District Doctors Kviberg Health Center and BVC
Swedish title: Medicinsk sekreterare, Distriktsläkarna Kviberg Vårdcentral och BVC
Distriktsläkarna i Västra Götaland AB · Göteborg · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical secretary to Health Center Sankt Lars in Lund
Swedish title: Medicinsk sekreterare till Vårdcentralen Sankt Lars i Lund
REGION SKÅNE · Lund · Posted 2026-10-16 - Medical Care Administrator Psychiatric Administration 3
Swedish title: Medicinsk vårdadministratör psykiatrisk administration 3
REGION ÖREBRO LÄN · Örebro · Posted 2026-10-16 - We are looking for a medical secretary for the emergency room
Swedish title: Vi söker en medicinsk sekreterare till akutmottagningen
REGION UPPSALA · Uppsala · Posted 2026-10-16
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden
Where medical secretaries are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all technicians and associate professionals (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Shortage | €966 a month | Sofia: €650 |
| Czechia | Shortage | €1,724 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Netherlands | Shortage | €3,769 a month | Not yet verified |
| Romania | Shortage | €1,292 a month * | Not yet verified |
| Slovakia | Shortage | €1,562 a month | Bratislava: €910 |
| Sweden | Shortage | €3,915 a month * | Stockholm: €2,100 |
| Austria | Surplus | €3,816 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Luxembourg | Surplus | €5,642 a month * | Luxembourg: €1,900 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all technicians and associate professionals in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for medical secretaries alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What medical secretaries do
Medical secretaries, using specialized knowledge of medical terminology and health care delivery procedures, assist health professionals and other workers by performing a variety of communication, documentation, administrative and internal coordination functions, to support health workers in medical facilities and other health-care related organizations.
Typical tasks
- Scheduling and confirming medical appointments and communicating messages for medical staff; and patients
- Compiling, recording and reviewing medical charts, reports, documents and correspondence
- Interviewing patients to complete forms, documents and case histories
- Completing insurance and other claims forms
- Maintaining medical files and records and technical library
- Preparing financial statements and billing procedures
- Assisting in the preparation of budgets, drafting of contracts and purchasing or acquisition orders
- Supervising the work of office support workers and other office staff
Finding medical secretaries jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Dental secretary".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.