Wage increase after passing the professional examination "Medical Practice Coordinator (BP)"

The chances that a successful professional examination as a medical practice coordinator will lead to a pay rise are good, as we show you here using a model case.

Calculation of the possible salary increase for "Medical Practice Coordinator"

We have aExamplecalculated for you:

A 24-year-old medical practice assistant (MPA with EFZ) has been working for four years in a family doctor's joint practice in the Basel area and earns CHF 4,450 per month. The two doctors at the practice highly value their employee and offer her the opportunity to train as a medical practice coordinator with a clinical focus. The MPA accepts the offer. She decides to complete the medical practice coordinator training in four semesters - this leaves her time for other things in addition to work and training. After passing the professional examination, she will first independently advise and care for diabetics and later other long-term patients under the supervision of the practice physicians and thus also be promoted to a higher salary group. As this professional examination was only introduced in 2015, the salary statistics here are not yet meaningful. However, due to the higher vocational training qualification, her Medical Practice Coordinator salary is likely to increase to around CHF 5,350, i.e. by CHF 900 per month or around 20%.

Your personal salary opportunities depend on various criteria such as the region, the size of your employer company, your previous training, your professional experience and your age. With the "Salarium" salary calculator, you can calculate the potential salary of a medical practice coordinator tailored to your individual situation after completing the professional examination.

This is how it works: Click on "Salarium - Statistical wage calculator" below and then on the "Calculate wages" button:

  • REGION: Select your region / place of work (in the example Northwestern Switzerland BS, BL, AG)
  • INDUSTRY: Select the industry "86 Healthcare"
  • PROFESSIONAL GROUP: enter "practice assistant" and Salarium will suggest the corresponding professional group: 32 healthcare assistant professions
  • POSITION IN THE COMPANY: without management function
  • HOURS PER WEEK: 42
  • TRAINING: Higher vocational training
  • AGE: Your estimated age after completing the training (26 in the example)
  • YEARS OF SERVICE: Your number of years of service (0 in the example)
  • COMPANY SIZE: Less than 20 employees
  • 12/13 MONTHLY WAGE: 12 monthly wages
  • SPECIAL PAYMENTS: No
  • MONTHLY / HOURLY WAGE: Monthly wage

Source:"Federal Statistical Office, FSO"

Note: This sample calculation refers to the data of Salarium 2023, this service is temporarily interrupted. Information can be foundhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.

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