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