• Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, and note times and amounts on patientsand#39; charts.
• Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patientsand#39; conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• Provide basic patient care and treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
• Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
• Answer patientsand#39; calls and determine how to assist them.
• Measure and record patientsand#39; vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.
• Work as part of a health care team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
• Collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
• Prepare patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explain procedures.
• Assemble and use equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers.

Employer will discuss days and hours at time of interview.