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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 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 Technician Assistant (Medical Tech Assistant)”

• Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
• Schedule appointments for patients.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Change dressings on wounds.
• Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
• Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
• Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
• 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.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Set up medical laboratory equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

• Tourniquets
• Microscope slides
• Blood chemistry analyzers
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
• Vitalors
• Intradermal needles
• Handheld occluders
• Electrocautery equipment
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Suction tubing
• Crutches
• Culturettes
• Plethysmographs
• Intramuscular needles
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Nebulizers
• Scanners
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Otoscopes
• Retinoscopes
• Opthalmoscopes
• Baumanometers
• Notebook computers
• Endotracheal ET tubes
• Syringes
• Wheelchairs
• Cast cutters
• Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
• Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
• X ray development equipment
• Suture removers
• Suction machines
• Tablet computers
• Syringe needles
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Laser printers
• Mayo stands
• Spirometers
• Oxygen equipment
• Walkers
• Pulmonary nebulizers
• Gait belts
• Metric rules
• Splints
• Lancets
• Pipettes
• Dictation equipment
• Dosimetry badges
• Keratometers
• Oxygen masks
• Autoclaves
• Staple removers
• Centrifuges
• Canes
• Butterfly needles
• Single draw needles
• Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
• Enema equipment
• Personal computers
• Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
• Lensometers
• Blood collection vials
• Oxygen tanks
• Hearing aids
• Evacuated blood collection tubes
• Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
• Tonometers
• Pulmonary function measurement equipment
• Snellen eye charts
• Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
• X ray machines
• Breathalyzers
• Audiometers

• Medical condition coding software
• Billing software
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Database software
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
• Spreadsheet software
• Diagnostic and procedural coding software
• Business software applications
• MEDITECH software
• Microsoft Exchange
• Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
• Email software
• Patient management software
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Appointment scheduling software
• Visual electro diagnostic software
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Word
• Bookkeeping software
• Web browser software
• Electronic medical record EMR software
• Word processing software
• Medical procedure coding software
• Microsoft Access