Description
Provide administrative and basic clinical support under the direction of a physician. Manage scheduling, medical records, billing, coding, and patient communications. Take and record vital signs and histories, prepare patients and rooms, collect specimens, perform point-of-care tests, administer medications and injections as ordered, and assist with examinations and minor procedures.
- • Interview patients; obtain histories and record vital signs, height, and weight.
- • Escort patients to exam rooms and prepare them for evaluation.
- • Document histories, vitals, and test results in the EHR.
- • Prepare and administer medications per provider orders.
- • Collect blood, urine, and other specimens; label, log, and prepare for testing.
- • Explain procedures, medications, diets, and discharge instructions.
- • Assist with exams and minor procedures; give injections or remove sutures as permitted.
- • Process prescription refills and communicate with pharmacies per protocol.
- • Prepare, stock, and clean exam rooms.
- • Clean and sterilize instruments; dispose of biohazardous waste.
- • Schedule patient appointments and follow-ups.
- • Change wound dressings as directed.
- • Greet patients, verify demographics/insurance, and check them in.
- • Coordinate referrals, tests, imaging, or admissions.
- • Handle phones, messages, and insurance forms.
- • Manage inventory and order medical and office supplies.
- • Perform point-of-care tests and routine lab procedures.
- • Set up and maintain laboratory equipment.
- • Process payments and maintain basic financial records.
- • Perform EKGs and operate other routine diagnostic equipment.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
