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