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