Healthcare Careers

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Healthcare Careers

• Barbara Mackessy

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Career Pathways in Health Science

• A career pathway in Georgia consists of three
  high school courses within the same cluster.
• Each pathway contains a group of careers
  requiring similar academic and technical skills
  as well as similar industry certifications or
  postsecondary education.
• The National Health Science Career Cluster has
  five pathways supportive services, information
  and communication services, diagnostic services,
  therapeutic services, and biotechnology and
  pharmaceutical services.

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Surgical Technicians must anticipate what The
surgeon will need next.
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Hooked up to the Aaron 950 and grounding pad so
that patient will not get burnt.
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Respiratory Therapy is a competitive program
which Takes only 18 students. Must pass the
National RRT Exam and state licensure.
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You know how to operate all equipment in your
area.
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Scan patient and scan medications, both must
match before giving anything to the patient.
Computer also reminds RNs what paperwork, charts
and assessments that need to be completed.
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Histologist or Histotechnologist studies
tissues cut out during surgery, an expert on
slide preparation, Bachelors Degree Histology
technician associate degree
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Must be at least 18 years old to work in the lab.
Some hospitals have a volunteer program but the
volunteers do not do hands on collection.
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Medical Lab Technician collect, type and group
blood, stain slides and sterilize equipment 12
month certificate or Associate Degree. They must
be able to load, unload, adjust, fix, change,
take apart things in the lab.
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Beckman Coulter - runs CBC in seconds
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Medical Technologists- test for bacteria, drugs
and diseases Bachelors Degree Aerospray
Slide Strainer spins and stains samples
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Centrifuge spins, separatesPhlebotomist must
be very fast at sample collection. High turn
over rate for phlebotomist.
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Test tube tops informs workers of what
preservation and chemical reaction that will take
place in the test tube. Purple CBC contains
self preservative to keep cells from clotting.
Red top no additives will clot at normal rate.
Phlebotomists collect and process blood 1 year
program or on the job training
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Testing of tissue sample collected.
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Clinical Nurse Specialist- is a registered nurse
with advance practice and specialization
Bachelors plus specialty leads to Masters.
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Radiologic Technician Associate Degree -
produces images to be read by a Radiologist.
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Nuclear Medicine Technologist view organ images
and body functions could be 1 or 2 year
certificate or Associate or Bachelors
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Diagnostic Medical Sonographer helps diagnosis
abdominal tumors, cysts, and other abnormalities
could be a certificate, Associate or Bachelors
degree.
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Pharmacy - computerized
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Pharmacy Technician works under pharmacist with
on the job training from 6 months to 2 years.
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All medications are labeled and bar coded in the
hospitals for patient protection, safety and
hospital inventory
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Nurses station where everything is computerized.
All patient files are on the computer, a back up
is made each day of all hospital files and stored
off location.
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Industrial Hygienist search for hazards, diseases
and hidden dangers to eliminate them, Bachelors
Degree required. Containers are labeled for the
type of trash that can properly be disposed of
in each container.
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Registered Nurse (RN) interpret and response to
patients, may specialize, Associate Degree
required but may be Bachelors Degree.
Nurses station
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Nursing Assistant answers patient calls, serve
meals and checks blood pressure, requires 90
hours of training.
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Biomedical Technician Electronic Equipment
Repairer
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Case Management/ Social Service does discharge
planning, reviews every case, calls insurance and
gets days approved.
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Starts with RT training at a Technical College
then take National Boards
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Nurse Practitioners are registered nurses with
advanced degrees, Masters Degree
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Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) provide basic
care, 12-18 month program. Educational
information posted
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Medical Illustrator Bachelors Degree in art
and/or science plus a masters from a medical
illustration program.
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Radiation Therapist helps to treat cancer - 1 or
2 year certificate or Associate or Bachelors
Degree.
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Medical Dosimetrist calculates radiation dosage
with 12 months on the job training.
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Radiation Oncologist is a physician specializing
in treating cancer with radiation.
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Nursing Homes have recreational/activity
directors develop, plan, arranges and conducts a
variety of individual as well as group
recreational and therapeutic programs.
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Dietitian an expert in food and nutrition with
a Bachelors Degree plus supervised practice.
Nursing home menus are posted for the resident
and visitors to see.
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Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) associate
degree Physical Therapist (PT) Now a doctorate
degree. Physical Therapy is provided in house in
Nursing Homes.
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Hydration Aide

• Staff member makes sure that people drink to
  remain hydrated.
• Training special feeding classes

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Physical Therapists

• Typically work to restore functional mobility and
  strength to individuals and their joints
  following injury or surgery.
• Helping people to walk again, climb stairs, walk
  on ramps and curbs
• Determine what device would allow them
  independence
• Requires a doctorate degree

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Occupational Therapists

• Typically work to restore functional tasks
  following injury or surgery.
• Work to restore activities of daily living
• May involve bathing, dressing, transferring from
  bed to chair, eating
• Requires a masters degree

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Occupational Therapist help people regain and
rebuilt skills needed in every day life.
Occupational therapy assistant requires an
associate degree and supervised practice along
with a national exam.
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Nursing Home

• Administrator licensed by state oversees
  overall operation
• Nursing- Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical
  Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants -
  monitor the well being of patient
• Business Office Staff financial records and
  billing compliance with all state and federal
  regulations
• Social Service Staff help with transition and
  provide ongoing counseling and support.
• Food Service Dietary manager oversees all
  meal and snack preparation
• Housekeeping- Laundry- Maintenance maintaining
  a clean, well serviced center, keep equipment in
  good working order.

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Speech Language Pathologists

• Typically work to restore function with
  swallowing, speaking, or cognitive abilities.
• Recommend diet changes to keep patient from
  taking food/liquids into the lungs.
• Require a masters degree

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Coroner Deputy Coroners must determine cause
and manner of death. Coroner is elected - must
have a high school diploma and one week training
at the police. academy.
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Don Starnes, EMT/Paramedic director, requires a
background check, DUI No job, random drug
testing, driving record checks
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EMT responds to crisis, national exam after
120-220 hours of instruction.Paramedic 1000
hours of instruction, 5 full quarters, then a
national exam
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Home Health

• Go to people home
• Follow physicians orders
• Assist the physicians see patients between
  doctors visits
• Paid per visit per patient
• You decide how many patients you want to see
• Mileage reimbursement
• Do lab draws and give shots, vitals, weight
• Medicare requires 30 minutes per home visit

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Athletic trainer demonstrates the use of new
technology in her field.
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Athletic Trainers, help with physical therapy for
sports players and athletes.
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Health Care Careers? some require heavy
lifting, continuous education, risk of exposure,
may be on call, long hours, standing, work on
weekends and holidays and requires lots of
responsibility. Health care professionals help
others! Are you interested??
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Diagnostic Services

• Cardiovascular Technologist
• Clinical Lab Technician
• Computer Tomography (CT) Technologist
• Cytogenetic Technologist
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
• Electrocardiographic (ECG) Technician
• Electronic Diagnostic (EEG) Technologist
• Exercise Physiologist
• Geneticist
• Histotechnician
• Histotechnologist

• Magnetic Resonance (MR) Technologist
• Mammographer
• Medical Technologist/Clinical Laboratory
  Scientist
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Nutritionist
• Pathologist
• Pathology Assistant
• Phlebotomist
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technologist
• Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer
• Radiologist

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Practice sessions in the EMT/Paramedic classes.
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Check out the different hospitals before you
commit

• Usually a 20 differential for night shift
• Usually 12 hour shifts
• Some cases are very hard emotionally
• Can be very rewarding when someone with massive
  trauma recovers
• Some OTJ positions are available but most are now
  requiring post secondary schooling
• Add additional certification to bump up pay
  increases

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Is Healthcare an option for you?

• Do you have the necessary qualifications to be
  successful?