facebookClinic Office Assistant
The Clinical Office Assistant plays an important role in the medical office team. Clinical office assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices and clinics of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and optometrists running smoothly. The duties of clinical office assistants vary from office to office, depending on office location, size, and specialty. They answer telephones, greet patients, update and file patient medical records, fill out insurance forms, handle correspondence, schedule appointments, arrange for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handle billing and bookkeeping.
Clinical duties may include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, performing visual acuity tests, performing simple lab tests such as urinalysis, performing Electrocardiograms, removing sutures, changing sterile dressings, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the physician during patient examinations.
This program provides an overview of clinical office principles, practices, and operations with focus on developing clinical office assistant skills. Areas of study include medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, clinical and laboratory procedures, word processing, and clinical office scheduling and billing software.
Practice Hours: 300
Total Hours: 2
Total Credits: 39
Clinic Office Assistant Internship Testimonials
Well for starters, I got the dream job I’ve always wanted. Working in a hospital!!! I couldn’t be happier. I am a firm believer that if you want something bad enough, you will get it. The academic program challenged me and kept me interested and thirsty for more knowledge. I loved it!
– Darlene Kuhn
I feel that the academic program and internship at Herzing College prepared me for the future in that because of the specialized training, I am well prepared to work successfully in a medical office. I’m really enjoying the work I’m doing. It was a great program with excellent instruction – a very positive experience.
– Angela Dunphy
I think the combo together is essential in getting a complete education from Herzing College. One doesn’t work without the other. The academic portion gives you the tools and the background to be familiar with your work setting. The internship gives you access to put those tools to the test. It proves to yourself that you can really do this.
– Deanna Drummond
I feel that the Clinic Office Assistant program and internship at Herzing College prepared me for my future by giving me the knowledge, skills and confidence to successfully have the career I have always wanted to have.
– Cheryl Rudnicki
I feel like Herzing’s Clinic Office Assistant program has prepared me extremely well for my internship as well as my future. There is not one area of clinical office that I feel I am not prepared for. I learned to put this into practice on my internship. I feel confident that may it be a clinic, a hospital or a specialist’s office, Herzing has given me the knowledge I need to be productive.
– Janella Esau
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