Job prospects Medical Secretary in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region
Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Medical administrative assistants" in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region or across Canada.
Current and future job prospects
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Recent trends from the past 3 years
Over the past few years (2021-2023), there was a major labour shortage for Medical administrative assistants in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region. There were far more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.
Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Methodology
Job outlook over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be very good for Medical administrative assistants (NOC 13112) in the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean region for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- Several positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
This occupation is in high demand due to the growing and aging population and government healthcare priorities.
A growing and aging population is increasing the demand for health care. The opening of new health care facilities, medical clinics and offices of other health care professionals will fuel demand for this occupation. New services in existing establishments will also create new positions.
Due to significant staffing needs in several healthcare and social assistance occupations, establishments are creating new positions in this occupation to relieve health care staff of administrative tasks.
The implementation of new technologies is gradually changing the work of medical administrative assistants by automating several routine tasks that they normally carried out, such as scheduling appointments, invoicing and sending reminders, which allows them to perform more complex tasks.
Here are some key facts about Medical administrative assistants in the Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean region:
- Approximately 250 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Medical administrative assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
- Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): more than 95%
Job prospects elsewhere in Canada
Find out what will be the job prospects for Medical administrative assistants across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.
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