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