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