Medical Assistant Employment

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Where Do Medical Assistants Work?

Medical assistants held about 387,000 jobs in 2004. About 6 out of 10 worked in offices of physicians; about 14 percent worked in public and private hospitals, including inpatient and outpatient facilities; and 11 percent worked in offices of other health practitioners, such as chiropractors, optometrists, and podiatrists.

Careers are unique to each person and dynamic; unfolding as a person matures. The medical assisting profession has become indispensable to many areas in the healthcare field, especially medical offices headed by one or a group of practicing physicians, physician assistants (PA's) or licensed nurse practitioners.

Offices of physicians (private and group practices)

Specialty and subspecialty offices (ophthalmology, podiatry, audiology, optometry)

Offices owned by licensed health practitioners (e.g. nurse practitioners)

Outpatient medical care centers (e.g. family healthcare, or women's health clinics)

Ambulatory medical services (e.g. public health clinics, emergency services)

US Department of Veterans Affairs

General medical and surgical hospitals

Ambulatory hemodialysis clinics

Temporary help agencies

Home healthcare agencies

Rehab clinics and spas

Correctional facilities and prisons

Pharmacies

Chiropractors, dentists, or veterinarians

Blood banks

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Employment Growth / Outlook

Employment growth will be driven by the increase in the number of group practices, clinics, and other healthcare facilities that need a high proportion of support personnel, particularly the flexible medical assistant who can handle both administrative and clinical duties.

Unfortunately, turnover is high for medical assistants because of the relatively high workload and comparatively low pay raises offered.

Therefore many working medical assistants will eventually elect to leave their jobs for better contracts and positions with higher potential for career advancement and pay...

Medical Assistant's Moving Up

Medical assistants with enough experience and are certified or registered may be able to advance into higher positions, such as medical office manager. They may also qualify for a variety of other related administrative support positions, such as medical secretary, medical records clerk, or medical insurance billing and coding specialist. There are more than enough places to work for medical assistants, and more opportunities than just physician's offices. Medical assistants are needed in outpatient care centers, public and private educational services, other ambulatory healthcare services, state and local government agencies, medical and diagnostic laboratories, and even at nursing care facilities.

Medical Assistant's Cross-Training

Other experienced medical assistants may cross-train into related healthcare occupations such as medical secretary, medical coder and biller, X-ray or EKG technician, dental assistant, ophthalmic or podiatric assistant, and phlebotomist. Some become audiology assistants under the direction of audiologists.

They use audiometers and other testing devices to measure people's ability to hear and the nature and extent of hearing loss. The tests are then interpreted by the supervising audiologist. Yet, others may go back to college to become radiation or nuclear or surgical technologists, or registered nurses. Also there is the possibility to apply their talents and skills as medical illustrators, freelance technical writers, or medical language interpreters. You name it! With additional education anything is possible.

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