Job Responsibilities & Performance Standards:

• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests 
• Develops comprehensive plans of care 
• Examines clients to obtain information about their physical condition 
• Instructs and counsels clients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance 
• Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal
• Makes tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of clients 
• Obtains compiles and records client medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination 
• Performs therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management 
• Prescribes therapy or medication with physician approval 
• Visits and observes clients on hospital rounds or house calls, updating charts, ordering therapy, and reporting back to physician 
• May supervise support and/or lower level employees