May attend periodic meetings and training sessions that are non-contractual or include exclusive government business discussions that may include, but not limited to, morning/evening reports, huddles, grand rounds, group training, patient scheduling and coordination, and/or professional in-house staff conferences/meetings and other professional activities as determined by the department chief that correlate to patient care services performed only. Performs and interprets medical procedures to include, but not limited to, thoracentesis, central venous line placement, arterial blood gas sampling, paracentesis, nasogastric and feeding tube placement, joint aspiration and injection, graded exercise testing and lumbar puncture and interprets procedures such as electrocardiograms and pulmonary function tests.