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