Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: The medical assistant job description is diverse and varied, and the specific job duties will depend on an individual’s education, experience, and whether or not they have an area of expertise. While most career training will encompass the various aspects of the medical assistant duties, the overall medical assistant job description breaks down into two main categories:

• Clinical Medical Assisting
• Administrative Medical Assisting

While each facet of the medical assisting may seem completely removed from one another, when combined they paint a vivid picture of myriad of tasks expected of today’s medical assistant. It’s not uncommon (especially in smaller facilities and practices) to find a medical assistant job description to involve both administrative and clinical medical assisting duties.

Salary: $22,087 - $38,873

Education:  Complete the curriculum of medical assisting classes

Demand for this profession: Medical administrative skills – the front-office administrative skills needed to run the non-clinical functions of a medical practice

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