Medical Assistant Job Description Sample

Medical assistants are professionals who provide help and medical assistance to patients on their prescriptions and medical conditions. They are the gateway to any doctors and they assist you in various medical matters.

What does a medical assistants do?

Here the list of things a medical assistant does,

• Check the patient’s medical condition information, recording the history of the patient
• Acquiring details on the purpose of visit
• Prepare them for medical tests like blood pressure, weight, and temperature
• Saving the doctor’s time, by taking the preliminary tests and reports
• Keeping the patients’ medical information confidential
• Scheduling timings for patients and instructing them with proper guidance
• Making arrangements for surgeries, preparing charts and consent forms.
• Maintaining a healthy and safe environment
• Reporting in case of emergencies
• Maintaining stocks of required medicines and first aid kits
• Update on patients and instruct them on medicinal conditions
• Following the ethics of the environment they are professionally assigned to.

Medical assistant skills:

Medical assistants should possess various range of skillsets, these are the major skills and qualifications one should have:

• A high school degree and knowledge in medical profession
• Course completion certificate  regarding nursing or pharmaceutical
• Communication skills,
• Managing skills
• Organizing skills
• Patience
• Documentation skills
• Medical practicing skills
• Reporting skills

Salary:

• Average salary for a CMA-certified full-time medical assistants is $15.35 per hour and the average salary per year is $29,889.

Though this profession is standard and has a constant requirement, dedication and compassion are the most necessary things in this field.