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