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