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