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