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