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