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