As a patient care assistant, you will work closely with doctors and other medical professionals in monitoring the condition of your patients. You will use your technical knowledge to provide direct patient care including phlebotomy (blood work) and EKGs. Your responsibilities will include monitoring patients for changes in condition and recording and reporting those changes, setting up and operating therapeutic equipment, instructing and supervising patients about rehabilitative therapy, helping to carry out planned patient care programs, and assisting medical staff in changing dressings and conducting patient examinations.