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