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