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