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