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