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