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