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