A routine visit to the doctor is really a visit with an entire team – including a growing number of medical assistants. Medical assistants are likely the first and last faces you’ll see during any medical appointment, either in your doctor’s office or at a larger medical organization. The job is a mix of traditional office work, including manning the front desk, answering phones and filing insurance forms, as well as hands-on tasks such as drawing blood and preparing it for lab tests, administering injections and making sure medical histories are accurately recorded. More specialized roles include assisting ophthalmologists or optometrists with basic vision tests or helping patients learn to insert, remove and care for contact lenses.
The aging baby boomer population will help drive demand for more medical assistants, who will be needed to support doctors and nurses as they diagnose and treat patients. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects medical assistant employment growth of 29 percent between 2012 and 2022, much faster than the average for all occupations. The field is expected to gain 162,900 new jobs during that period. This sizeable employment growth puts medical assistants among the top health care jobs in our list of The Best Jobs of 2014.
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