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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”.

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Tasks for “Podiatrist Assistant”

Set up medical laboratory equipment.
Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
Change dressings on wounds.
Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
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.
Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
Schedule appointments for patients.
Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.

Related Technology & Tools

Personal computers
Personal digital assistants PDA
Hearing aids
Tourniquets
Keratometers
Tonometers
Tablet computers
Autoclaves
Scanners
Microscope slides
Dictation equipment
Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
Enema equipment
Blood collection vials
Electrocardiography EKG units
Suction machines
X ray machines
Opthalmoscopes
Mechanical stethoscopes
Notebook computers
Butterfly needles
Audiometers
Wheelchairs
Pulmonary nebulizers
Baumanometers
Dosimetry badges
Electrocautery equipment
Oxygen equipment
Spirometers
Lensometers
X ray development equipment
Vitalors
Oxygen tanks
Laser printers
Centrifuges
Syringes
Mayo stands
Snellen eye charts
Metric rules
Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
Plethysmographs
Cast cutters
Single draw needles
Breathalyzers
Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
Endotracheal ET tubes
Intramuscular needles
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Intradermal needles
Gait belts
Oxygen masks
Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
Canes
Retinoscopes
Pipettes
Splints
Suction tubing
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Pulmonary function measurement equipment
Walkers
Lancets
Binocular light compound microscopes
Otoscopes
Blood chemistry analyzers
Culturettes
Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
Staple removers
Crutches
Handheld occluders
Nebulizers
Suture removers
Syringe needles

MEDITECH software
Web browser software
Patient management software
Billing software
Medical condition coding software
Bookkeeping software
Microsoft Access
Appointment scheduling software
Visual electro diagnostic software
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Exchange
Electronic medical record EMR software
Microsoft Excel
Email software
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Medical procedure coding software
Business software applications
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
Database software
Diagnostic and procedural coding software