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