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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”
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
- Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
- Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
- Set up medical laboratory equipment.
- Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
- Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
- Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
- Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
- Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
- Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
- Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
- Schedule appointments for patients.
- Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
- Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
- Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
- Change dressings on wounds.
- Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
Related Technology & Tools
- X ray development equipment
- Autoclaves
- Centrifuges
- Laser printers
- Baumanometers
- Mayo stands
- Breathalyzers
- Opthalmoscopes
- Lancets
- Blood chemistry analyzers
- Walkers
- Suction tubing
- Wheelchairs
- Spirometers
- Tourniquets
- Crutches
- Oxygen masks
- Pipettes
- Otoscopes
- Vitalors
- Gait belts
- Single draw needles
- Endotracheal ET tubes
- Oxygen tanks
- Syringe needles
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Plethysmographs
- Suture removers
- Snellen eye charts
- Oxygen equipment
- Keratometers
- Enema equipment
- Blood collection vials
- X ray machines
- Scanners
- Tablet computers
- Dictation equipment
- Tonometers
- Intradermal needles
- Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
- Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
- Electrocautery equipment
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Nebulizers
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Audiometers
- Lensometers
- Pulmonary nebulizers
- Suction machines
- Butterfly needles
- Canes
- Syringes
- Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
- Intramuscular needles
- Staple removers
- Cast cutters
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
- Notebook computers
- Pulmonary function measurement equipment
- Splints
- Hearing aids
- Retinoscopes
- Handheld occluders
- Personal computers
- Microscope slides
- Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
- Culturettes
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
- Dosimetry badges
- Metric rules
- Patient management software
- Email software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
- Microsoft Word
- Database software
- Microsoft Windows Vista Business
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Word processing software
- Visual electro diagnostic software
- Medical procedure coding software
- Microsoft Exchange
- Billing software
- Microsoft Access
- Spreadsheet software
- Medical condition coding software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Appointment scheduling software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Office
- Bookkeeping software
- Business software applications