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