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