Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. They assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. They measure customer to size eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. They prepare work orders and verify the finished lens.
Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. They process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry's coding system.
Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. They work under the supervision of a registered nurse. They require licensing.
Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions. They administer eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct the patient in care and use of corrective lenses.
Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. They prepare vaccines and serums. They prepare tissue samples, take blood samples, and execute laboratory tests. They clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines. They assist a veterinarian during surgery.
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. They help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
Provide respiratory care under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians.
Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. They measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.
Assist in the provision of food service and nutritional programs, under the supervision of a dietitian. They plan and produce meals based on established guidelines, teach principles of food and nutrition, or counsel individuals.
Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. They transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
