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