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