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