Career Overview Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment. Also Known As Central Service Technician (CST) Central Sterile Supply Technician (CSS Technician) Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) Sterile Processing Technician (Sterile Processing Tech) Alternate Job Titles Aseptic Technician (Aseptic Tech) Bandage Maker …
Career Overview Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review …
Career Overview Perform limited clinical duties under the direction of a dentist. Clinical duties may include equipment preparation and sterilization, preparing patients for treatment, assisting the dentist during treatment, and providing patients with instructions for oral healthcare procedures. May perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance …
Career Overview Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician. …
Career Overview Assist occupational therapists in providing occupational therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, direct activity programs, and document the progress of treatments. Generally requires formal training. Also Known As Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA) Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) Licensed …
Career Overview Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides. Also Known As Patient Care Assistant (PCA) Patient Care Technician (PCT) Patient Transporter Transporter Alternate Job Titles Attendant Cart …
Career Overview Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, …
Career Overview Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site. Also Known As …
Career Overview Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, …
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Career Overview Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies. Also Known As Certified Neurodiagnostic Technologist Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist (END Technologist) Registered Electroencephalogram Technologist (Registered EEG Tech) Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) Alternate Job Titles Cardiovascular Operating Room Technologist (CVOR Technologist) Certified Intraoperative Neurophysiology Technologist (Certified Intraoperative Neurophysiology …