Medical Assistant Careers on the Rise
Medical assistants are one of the high growth jobs in the healthcare industry. If you are thinking about embarking on a new career, you might want to consider being a medical assistant. The health care field is growing on a daily basis, mainly to due to advances in medicine. There is always a great need for medical assistants in hospitals, medical centers and clinics. The aging of America’s largest generation is also pushing the need for additional medical assistants over the next several years.
Medical Assistants are responsible for administrative and clinical tasks. These assistants are responsible for keeping health care offices running smoothly. The duties of medical assistants vary from office to office. Some of the administrative duties performed by medical assistants include answering phones and scheduling appointments, updating and filing patient medical records, filling out insurance forms, and billing. There are also clinical duties to be performed by medical assistants. These duties can vary according to differences in state law. Some of the tasks performed medical assistants include taking vital signs, preparing patients for examinations, or assisting doctors with examinations. Medical assistants also collect specimens, administer medication as authorized by a physician and telephone prescriptions to pharmacies. They are also responsible for taking blood, changing sutures and dressing, and keeping examination rooms clean and tidy.
Medical assistants can move up in their careers by specializing in particular healthcare areas. There are also advancement opportunities by moving up to office manager. With additional certification and education, medical assistants can advance to other health care jobs such as nursing. Medical assistants with further formal training and current job experience are great candidates for career advancement. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that medical assisting will be one of the fastest growing jobs on average through 2014. This is due to the increasing use of medical assistants across the healthcare industry. The earnings of medical assistants vary, depending on their experience, skill level, and location. Median annual earnings of medical assistants were $24,610 in May 2004.
Now is the time to get in on the ground floor of this fast growing occupation. Healthcare employers prefer graduates of formal programs in medical assisting. Such programs are offered in vocational-technical high schools, postsecondary vocational schools, and community and junior colleges. Postsecondary programs usually last 1-year, resulting in a certificate or diploma, or 2 years, resulting in an associate degree.
Melissa Steele
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I have 40 years old and I cannot find a job?
I have PhD and and postdoc in chemical engineering/materials science and since December 2008 I cannot find any job.
I have applied for teaching and I PhD is too much for that.
I have applied for a researcher position and they told to me I am too old for that and not enough publications.
I have switch my career from medical assistant to chemical engineer, I went at the university at 25 why I am punished for that, if some people have more publication than me at my age, I tell them to look at the years I was at the university and my career was smooth and rising not to my age.
What Can i do?
I was thinking to take out my PhD from my CV but that is my USA experience
change the country! that sucks as having phd and no job… hmm
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THERE ARE NO JOBS.
And even NASA is laying off scientists while we continue importing foreigners to underbid what few jobs are left.
This is what globalization created for Americans, cheap socks and no jobs.
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This may sound harsh but your English grammar seems to be a bit odd. We would say "I have a PhD" and "I can not find a job".
…teaching but my PhD …
"I have to switch" or "I have switched", depending on what you mean.
I went to university at age 25, why I am being punished for that?
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I think that the people who read your application or interview you may find it difficult to understand what you are saying. Just imagine if you wrote an analysis of some research and the meaning was not understood.
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