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