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Job Description
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 32,850.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
- Currently, there are 623,560 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Assistants
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
- Optometric Technician
- Optometric Assistant
- Ophthalmic Technician
- Medical Office Assistant
- Medical Assistant (MA)
- Doctor's Assistant
- Clinical Assistant
- Chiropractor Assistant
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
- Visual Training Aide
- Vein Access Technician
- Surgery Scheduler
- Sterile Processing Technician
- Sleep Technician
- Respiratory Therapist Assistant
- Podiatrist Assistant
- Podiatric Assistant
- Podiatric Aide
- Physician's Aide
- Orthopedic Cast Specialist
- Orthopedic Assistant
- Optometry Assistant
- Optometrist Assistant
- Optometric Aide
- Ophthalmic Aide
- Ocular Care Aide
- Morgue Technician
- Morgue Attendant
- Medical Technician Assistant (Medical Tech Assistant)
- Medical Office Worker
- Medical Office Technician
- Medical Insurance Coding Specialist
- Medical Billing Specialist
- Medical Billing Coder
- Hospital Clinic Assistant
- Hemodialysis Patient Care Specialist
- Health Unit Clerk
- Health Services Information Specialist
- Health Information Coder
- Eye Technician
- Doctor Assistant
- Clinical Office Technician
- Clinic Assistant
- Client Services Coordinator
- Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician
- Certified Coding Specialist
Tasks for “Autopsy Assistant”
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
- Set up medical laboratory equipment.
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
- Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
Related Technology & Tools
- Keratometers
- Notebook computers
- Splints
- Staple removers
- Suction tubing
- Blood chemistry analyzers
- Pulmonary nebulizers
- Scanners
- Pipettes
- Intramuscular needles
- Blood collection vials
- Metric rules
- Enema equipment
- X ray machines
- Mayo stands
- Hearing aids
- Nebulizers
- Tonometers
- Vitalors
- Canes
- Baumanometers
- Handheld occluders
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Intradermal needles
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Wheelchairs
- Tourniquets
- Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
- Gait belts
- Lancets
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Butterfly needles
- Dosimetry badges
- Suture removers
- Oxygen equipment
- Lensometers
- Laser printers
- Single draw needles
- Otoscopes
- Electrocautery equipment
- Dictation equipment
- X ray development equipment
- Breathalyzers
- Retinoscopes
- Oxygen masks
- Personal computers
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
- Walkers
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Crutches
- Syringes
- Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
- Syringe needles
- Tablet computers
- Snellen eye charts
- Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
- Audiometers
- Culturettes
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Centrifuges
- Oxygen tanks
- Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
- Plethysmographs
- Pulmonary function measurement equipment
- Suction machines
- Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
- Opthalmoscopes
- Cast cutters
- Microscope slides
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Spirometers
- Autoclaves
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Appointment scheduling software
- Database software
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business
- Medical procedure coding software
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software
- Word processing software
- Email software
- Billing software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Bookkeeping software
- Spreadsheet software
- Patient management software
- Microsoft Exchange
- Business software applications
- Medical condition coding software
- Microsoft Access
- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
- MEDITECH software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Visual electro diagnostic software