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