Registered Medical Assistant

Description of Work

Medical assistants perform a variety of administrative and clinical functions in doctors’ offices. They have a wide variety of duties including: scheduling and receiving patients, obtaining basic data; maintaining medical records, handling Telephone calls, correspondence, reports, etc. ; purchasing and maintaining supplies and equipment; and assuming responsibility for insurance matters, office accounts, fees and collections, and office care. As a clinical assistant, the medical assistant’s responsibilities may include preparing patients for examination or treatment, taking temperatures, measuring height and weight, sterilizing instruments, and assisting the physician as he examines or treats patients. Medical assistants may also perform routine laboratory and diagnostic tests. The ability to perform clinical tasks under the supervision of a physician distinguishes the medical assistant from the medical secretary.

Personal Qualifications

Important personal qualities are adaptability, kindness, physical stamina, a positive attitude, discretion, good judgment, neatness and accuracy.

Where Employed

Physicians’ offices, clinics, and other medical facilities.