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