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