Medical Assistants

Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding 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 Task

• Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), and other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Set up medical laboratory equipment.
• Assist ophthalmologists with fitting contact lenses or performing office surgery.
• Prepare bodies for release to funeral home by cleaning and sewing as necessary.
• Collect blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests and/or admission.
• Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
• Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments and materials or performing such tasks as giving injections and removing sutures.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Inventory and order medical, lab, and office supplies and equipment.
• Keep financial records and perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit and collections and mailing monthly statements to patients.
• Perform general office duties such as answering telephones, taking dictation and completing insurance forms.
• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics and information such as test results in medical records.
• Schedule appointments for patients.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Change dressings on wounds.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets and physicians' instructions to patients.
• Give physiotherapy treatments, such as diathermy, galvanics, and hydrotherapy.

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