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Market evidence report — doctors-surgery-assistant
Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 43 | 83 % |
| n/a | 6 | 12 % |
| junior | 3 | 6 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | electronic medical record (EMR) | 8 | 15 % |
| 2 | ekg machines | 5 | 10 % |
| 3 | electronic health record | 5 | 10 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | credit card machines | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | fax machines | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | glucometers | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | multi-line phone systems | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | pcs | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | photocopiers | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | point of care testing equipment | 3 | 6 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vital signs measurement | 27 | 52 % |
| 2 | phlebotomy | 17 | 33 % |
| 3 | specimen preparation | 12 | 23 % |
| 4 | medication administration | 10 | 19 % |
| 5 | specimen collection | 8 | 15 % |
| 6 | venipuncture | 8 | 15 % |
| 7 | injection administration | 7 | 13 % |
| 8 | vaccine administration | 7 | 13 % |
| 9 | ekg performance | 6 | 12 % |
| 10 | laboratory procedures | 6 | 12 % |
| 11 | patient examination assistance | 6 | 12 % |
| 12 | suture removal | 6 | 12 % |
| 13 | vital sign measurement | 6 | 12 % |
| 14 | appointment scheduling | 5 | 10 % |
| 15 | insurance verification | 5 | 10 % |
| 16 | medical record maintenance | 5 | 10 % |
| 17 | patient flow management | 5 | 10 % |
| 18 | patient registration | 5 | 10 % |
| 19 | billing | 4 | 8 % |
| 20 | ecg interpretation | 4 | 8 % |
| 21 | inventory management | 4 | 8 % |
| 22 | medical history documentation | 4 | 8 % |
| 23 | medical record documentation | 4 | 8 % |
| 24 | medical terminology | 4 | 8 % |
| 25 | patient care | 4 | 8 % |
| 26 | patient scheduling | 4 | 8 % |
| 27 | surgical assistance | 4 | 8 % |
| 28 | billing assistance | 3 | 6 % |
| 29 | clinical supply ordering | 3 | 6 % |
| 30 | clinical support | 3 | 6 % |
| 31 | diagnostic testing | 3 | 6 % |
| 32 | instrument cleaning | 3 | 6 % |
| 33 | lab request processing | 3 | 6 % |
| 34 | laboratory testing | 3 | 6 % |
| 35 | medical supply inventory | 3 | 6 % |
| 36 | motivational interviewing | 3 | 6 % |
| 37 | patient assessment | 3 | 6 % |
| 38 | patient history taking | 3 | 6 % |
| 39 | patient interviewing | 3 | 6 % |
| 40 | patient preparation | 3 | 6 % |
| 41 | referral processing | 3 | 6 % |
| 42 | spirometry | 3 | 6 % |
| 43 | telephone screening | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIPAA compliance | 5 | 10 % |
| 2 | population management | 5 | 10 % |
| 3 | preventative care screening | 5 | 10 % |
| 4 | infection control | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | patient triage | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | performance improvement initiatives | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | quality assurance | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | quality control | 3 | 6 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | patient preparation | 12 | 23 % |
| 2 | appointment scheduling | 10 | 19 % |
| 3 | patient education | 8 | 15 % |
| 4 | clinical support | 6 | 12 % |
| 5 | inventory management | 6 | 12 % |
| 6 | patient communication | 6 | 12 % |
| 7 | patient rooming | 6 | 12 % |
| 8 | clinical environment cleaning | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | exam room maintenance | 5 | 10 % |
| 10 | phone answering | 5 | 10 % |
| 11 | specimen processing | 5 | 10 % |
| 12 | supply maintenance | 5 | 10 % |
| 13 | answering phones | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | equipment maintenance | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | stocking supplies | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | clerical support | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | co-pay collection | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | data input | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | insurance pre-authorization | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | medical record documentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | medication administration | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | patient care provision | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | patient flow assistance | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
52 ads.
Top hard skills:
- vital signs measurement — 52 % (27 ads)
- phlebotomy — 33 % (17 ads)
- specimen preparation — 23 % (12 ads)
- medication administration — 19 % (10 ads)
- specimen collection — 15 % (8 ads)
- venipuncture — 15 % (8 ads)
- injection administration — 13 % (7 ads)
- vaccine administration — 13 % (7 ads)
- ekg performance — 12 % (6 ads)
- laboratory procedures — 12 % (6 ads)
Top tools:
- electronic medical record (EMR) — 15 % (8 ads)
- ekg machines — 10 % (5 ads)
- electronic health record — 10 % (5 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 8 % (4 ads)
- credit card machines — 6 % (3 ads)
- fax machines — 6 % (3 ads)
- glucometers — 6 % (3 ads)
- multi-line phone systems — 6 % (3 ads)
- pcs — 6 % (3 ads)
- photocopiers — 6 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 83 % · n/a 12 % · junior 6 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Medical Assistant | 7 |
| Certified Medical Assistant | 3 |
| Medical Assistant I | 2 |
| Assistant-At-Surgery | 1 |
| Certified Medical Assistant — Elevate Patient Care | 1 |
| Certified Medical Assistant - PCP | 1 |
| Certified Medical Assistant 40 hrs per week | 1 |
| Certify Medical Assistant/Receptionist | 1 |
| Dermatology Medical Assistant | 1 |
| Flu Clinic Medical Assistant, Camp Springs | 1 |
| Flu Clinic Medical Assistant, Kensington | 1 |
| Full-Time Onsite Medical Assistant - Bethesda, MD | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Diabetes Endocrine | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Gastroenterology | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Ortho | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Per-Diem | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Primary Care Shirlington | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - PRN Bariatric Surgery | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Surgical Specialists (Per-Diem) | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Urology Surgery | 1 |
| Medical Assistant - Vascular Surgery | 1 |
| Medical Assistant (Dermatology) -Millersville, MD. | 1 |
| Medical Assistant (Part Time) | 1 |
| Medical Assistant Alante FT | 1 |
| Medical Assistant Certified - Primary Clinic | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.