While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, grasp, handle or feel and to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to use and operate medical instruments or devices, sit, stand, walk, see, speak, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to kneel, climb stairs, climb or balance. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift up to 25 pounds, and rarely lift more than 50 pounds (ie moving or positioning a patient). This is an OSHA Category 1 job, which requires safe practices in the handling and exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases or tissues.