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