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