Administrative Responsibilities of a Medical Assistant

• Scheduling patient appointments
• Using computer for various applications
• Answering telephone lines
• Greeting patients and assisting them to exam rooms
• Filing patient medical records
• Entering patient information on records and charts
• Helping with insurance forms
• Setting up lab tests and procedures
• Arranging for hospital admissions
• Sorting mail

Clinical Responsibilities of a Medical Assistant

• Taking of patient medical history
• Explaining procedures to patients
• Collecting blood and urine samples
• Preparing exam room
• Preparing patients for examination
• Assisting the physician and or nurse during an exam
• Informing patients about medication and diets
• Preparing and administering medications as directed by a physician (this may vary according to
  state laws and hospital policy)
• Drawing blood by needle and collection tubes
• Taking EKG’s
• Removing sutures

Patient Communication and Contact Responsibilities:

Help patients relax in the physician’s office and often explain the physician’s instructions. The
medical assistant may act as an interface in conveying messages from the physician to the patient.

Necessary requirements: Graduation from High School (or equivalent), and graduation from an
approved Medical Assistant program within the last 5 years.

Or

• 2-year verifiable work experience as a Medical Assistant professional. This option is not available in South Carolina.