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