Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant Job Responsibilities:

Medical Assistants help patients by providing information, services, and assistance. Other duties include securing medical records; maintaining medical supplies inventory; performing preventive maintenance to keep equipment operating;

Medical Assistant Job Duties:

• Verifies patient information by interviewing patient; recording medical history; confirming purpose of visit.


• Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; reporting patient history summary.


• Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keeping patient information confidential.


• Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders.


• Assist by calling in prescriptions and referrals


• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.


• Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock


• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.


• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.


• Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.


• Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.



• Performing medical procedures and tests under the direct supervision of a physician or physician assistant



• Keeping accurate patient records and ensuring that all related reports, information, and lab results are filed and organized with their patient records


• Keeping exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies and instruments


• Preparing examination rooms between patients


• Sterilizing medical instruments


• Answering phone calls from patients, physicians, and pharmacies


• Calling in prescriptions and prescription refills

Medical Assistant Skills and Qualifications:

Supply Management, Verbal Communication, Infection Control, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Organization, Scheduling, Professionalism, Customer Focus, Confidentiality, Bedside Manner, Medical Teamwork