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 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 Under close supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing the patient and the treatment area. Also Known As Physical Therapist Aide (PTA) Physical Therapy Aide (PTA) PT Tech (Physical Therapy Technician) Rehabilitation Technician (Rehabilitation Tech) Alternate Job …
Career Overview Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. May assist in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength, or propose client therapy plans. Also Known As Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) Licensed Massage Practitioner (LMP) Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) Massage Therapist Alternate Job Titles Bodywork Therapist Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) Clinical Massage …
Career Overview Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. …
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 Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, …
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 …