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