- Location: Bray Institute of Further Education Novara Avenue, Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Duration: 1 Year
Course details
This Level 5 Award course is designed to give you a nationally recognised vocational qualification that enables you to work in both the medical/dental and general secretarial environments. It provide learners with the knowledge and skills to meet the specialist administrative and secretarial needs of a range of health care occupations as found in hospitals, community health, general and private practice, research, the pharmaceutical industry and complementary medicine. The course enables learners to progress directly into employment. This course prepares you for reception and admin work in any section of the health care service. This includes general medical practices, dental practices, hospital wards, medical records offices, opticians and health authorities. The course is suitable for those with no previous experience, and will allow you to obtain the fundamental knowledge to enter this type of employment.
Programme of Study
- Information & Administration
- Word Processing
- Communications
- Work Experience
- Customer Service
- Text Production with Data Entry
- Audio Transcription
- Database
- Spreadsheets
- Medical Terminology
Components subject to change
Entry Requirements
- Leaving Certificate or equivalent
- Leaving Certificate Applied with a merit profile
- Full QQI Level 4 award with a merit profile
- Mature applicants – experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualifications
Places are offered following successful interview.
Career Opportunities
- The HSE
- Clinics
- Opportunities exist practice abroad for those with language skills
- Private hospitals
- Medical schools
- General medical
Higher Education Progression*
DIT:
- Business Studies (DT 315)
Athlone IT:
- Business (AL 850);
- Business & Law (AL 851)
IT Blanchardstown:
- Business (BN 101);
- Business & IT (BN 103);
- International Business (BN110)
BIFE:
- Office Administration Advanced QQI Level 6(6M5013)
Certification
Level 5 Award in Office Administration (5M1997)
City & Guilds Level 5 equivalence on the NQF in text production and audio transcription
Updated on 08 November, 2015Course Location
About Bray Institute of Further Education
Bray Institute of Further Education (BIFE) caters for learners with a wide variety of needs - from those who want to do University Degrees at hontheirs level to those who are training for employment.
They are located on Novara Avenue, Bray; 150 metres from the town centre and within walking distance of the Dart station. The Institute is just a short jtheirney from Dublin City Centre.
Bray Institute of Further Education has been a centre of excellence in the field of Further Education for the past twenty-five years serving all areas of the country including Dublin.
BIFE is a constituent Institute of Kildare / Wicklow Education Training Board (KWETB).
They offer a wide range of Further Education (PLC) ctheirses both full and part-time at the Institute.
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