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