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