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