Hospital receptionist vs administrative receptionist

The differences between hospital receptionists and administrative receptionists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a hospital receptionist and an administrative receptionist. Additionally, an administrative receptionist has an average salary of $31,502, which is higher than the $31,183 average annual salary of a hospital receptionist.

The top three skills for a hospital receptionist include patients, front desk and PET. The most important skills for an administrative receptionist are customer service, patients, and data entry.

Hospital receptionist vs administrative receptionist overview

	Hospital Receptionist	Administrative Receptionist
Yearly salary	$31,183	$31,502
Hourly rate	$14.99	$15.15
Growth rate	-	-8%
Number of jobs	23,800	91,892
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	42	50
Years of experience	2	2

Hospital receptionist vs administrative receptionist salary

Hospital receptionists and administrative receptionists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hospital Receptionist	Administrative Receptionist
Average salary	$31,183	$31,502
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $37,000	Between $25,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Oakland, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Beacon Hill Staffing Group
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between hospital receptionist and administrative receptionist education

There are a few differences between a hospital receptionist and an administrative receptionist in terms of educational background:

	Hospital Receptionist	Administrative Receptionist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Western Carolina University

Hospital receptionist vs administrative receptionist demographics

Here are the differences between hospital receptionists' and administrative receptionists' demographics:

	Hospital Receptionist	Administrative Receptionist
Average age	42	50
Gender ratio	Male, 10.8% Female, 89.2%	Male, 8.0% Female, 92.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 20.6% Asian, 7.0% White, 56.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 3.8% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between hospital receptionist and administrative receptionist duties and responsibilities

Hospital receptionist example responsibilities.

Assist office management and staff with administrative projects/responsibilities such as managing time-sensitive projects, filing, copying, and collating materials.
Provide administrative support to staff members across a fast-pace medical practice, maintain office operations, and assist patients and guests.
Interact with clients regarding pet care.
Assist both the doctors and clients to assure that the pet's medical needs are meet.
Handle clerical tasks for the hospitals such as answering phones, greeting patients and visitors, record and chart keeping.
Establish accurate accounts for each guest upon check-in according to their requirements and ensure guest paperwork or documentation are filed appropriately.

Administrative receptionist example responsibilities.

Manage travel reimbursements, and reconcile process and forward to payroll for assign individuals.
Act as primary liaison between patients, physical therapists and physicians while accomplishing miscellaneous duties necessary for maintaining operations.
Sort first class mail, FedEx, campus mail and all incoming mail daily.
Draft correspondence and other written material, develop PowerPoint slides and graphic presentations for demographic analysts.
Issue shipping instructions and provide routing information to ensure that payroll delivery times and locations are coordinate.
Greet visitors, and respond to telephone and in-person requests for information for sole-practitioner office serving several hundr patients.

Hospital receptionist vs administrative receptionist skills

Common hospital receptionist skills

Patients, 21%
Front Desk, 16%
PET, 14%
Data Entry, 8%
Reservations, 8%
Phone Calls, 6%

Common administrative receptionist skills

Customer Service, 18%
Patients, 12%
Data Entry, 11%
Phone Calls, 8%
Front Desk, 6%
Word Processing, 4%

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