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