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