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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.

Currently Employed: 527,600

Yearly Projected Openings: 24,380

Typical Hourly Wage: $11.86 - $16.87

Typical Annual Salary: $24,700 - $35,100

• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
• 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.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.

• Hypodermic needles
• Mercury blood pressure units
• Nebulizers or accessories
• Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
• Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies

• Accounting software
• Medical software
• Office suite software
• Operating system software
• Word processing software