Healthcare technician
A healthcare technician is an allied health professional who provides direct patient care with or without the supervision of registered nurses or other licensed healthcare providers.
Duties[edit | edit source]
Healthcare technician's primary position is to assist medical staff complete tasks around their assigned unit or clinic's and accommodate patient needs.
Where employed?[edit | edit source]
Healthcare technicians are typically found in specialty clinics, intensive care, emergency departments, or laboratory collection facilities.
Cardiology tech[edit | edit source]
Technicians will perform basic cardiology reports such as, EKG's and will have basic understanding of bodily function.
Sleep tech[edit | edit source]
A sleep technician performs sleep studies such as polysomnography
Clinical Laboratory Techs[edit | edit source]
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians collect samples and perform tests to analyze body fluids, tissue, and other substances in a clinical laboratory.
Patient care tech[edit | edit source]
Patient Care Technicians (PCT), help provide basic care for patients in hospitals and residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes.
Team[edit | edit source]
The technicians are an integral member of the unit-based healthcare team, they contribute to the continuity of care by decreasing fragmentation through decentralization of selected diagnostic and therapeutic treatment modalities.
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