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