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