A healthcare technician is an allied health professional who provides direct care to patients with or without the supervision of registered nurses. Healthcare technician’s primary position is to assist medical staff complete tasks around their assigned unit or clinic’s and accommodate patient needs. Healthcare technicians are typically found in specialty clinics, intensive care, emergency departments, or laboratory collection facilities. Technicians will perform basic cardiology reports such as, EKG’s and will have basic understanding of bodily function. The technician is 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
