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