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