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