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