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