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