Coast Guard Officer specialty · Medical

MED Medical Administration

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

A Coast Guard officer specialty, not an enlisted rating.

Overview

Medical Administration Chief Warrant Officers plan, supervise, and coordinate health service facility administration while managing medical and dental personnel. They maintain medical information databases, oversee budgets and equipment acquisition, organize records for compliance, and serve as local privacy and security officials.

Core Skills

Medical records management

Civilian Career Paths

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Medical and Health Services Managers

Senior technical experience in military healthcare administration, medical records management, and health services operations transfers directly to healthcare facility administration.

How to prepare: Prepare a de-identified case study showing how you addressed a health services operations or medical records problem, including your decisions and documented results.

What the civilian work involves

Develop and maintain computerized record management systems to store and process data, such as personnel activities and information, and to produce reports.
Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

USCG authority snapshot: MED Medical Administration
[1] data/authority/coast_guard-codes.json entry MED (COOL USCG MOC Feed (uscg.json) + COOL Feed (uscg.json) + CG COOL Website); fetched 2026-07-25
Supports: Medical records management, Medical and Health Services Managers (O*NET 11-9111.00)
O*NET: Medical and Health Services Managers
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Medical and Health Services Managers (O*NET 11-9111.00)

Defense contractor jobs for MED

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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