Supporting Jobs in the Healthcare Sector

Working in the healthcare sector is an admirable career choice. For starters, you are helping people in many different ways, which should make you feel good. Secondly, healthcare jobs are always in demand, as the nation’s baby boomer population is aging by the day. Of course, not everyone wants to be a doctor or a nurse, so it pays to look at supporting jobs in healthcare if you don’t fancy spending several years and many thousands of dollars on med school training. The following careers should give you food for thought.

Medical Scribe

Medical scribes play a key role in the healthcare sector. With medical records now largely electronic, a medical scribe’s job is to take notes about the patient’s visit and upload them to the patient’s EHR. They are also required to monitor test results and ensure data is passed to the right departments within a medical facility. Without efficient medical scribes working in the back office, things would soon fall apart. Click on this link to find out more about the EPPA Health medical scribe program.

Medical Secretary

Medical secretaries work in a secretarial capacity in a medical facility. They are often assigned to doctors and other senior medical staff. Some medical secretaries work with just one doctor; others are shared between two or three staff. It is the secretary’s job to manage the doctor’s diary and liaise with patients and other members of the medical team. Whilst a lot of the job is secretarial in nature, a medical background is a bonus.

Dental Nurse

Dental nurses assist dentists when they see patients. They also input information about the patient’s health into their dental record, assist with dental procedures, and manage equipment. They are the dentist’s right-hand person and without an efficient assistant in the surgery, a dentist would find it very hard to do their job.

Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare assistants perform a variety of roles. These include assisting nurses in hospitals by performing simple tasks such as escorting patients to the lavatory or helping them eat and drink. Healthcare assistants also work with elderly patients. They bathe, wash, dress, and take care of other non-medical tasks. Healthcare assistants can’t administer medication, but their role is invaluable, as it frees up a nurse or doctor to perform vital medical tasks.

Veterinary Assistant

Veterinary assistants help vets in the surgery. They may hold the animal while the vet administers medication, feed and take care of the animals while they are in a vet hospital and do other non-medical duties as and when required. In small practices, veterinary assistants also do the admin, which includes dealing with clients and answering the telephones. It is a varied job, but great if you love animals.

Home Health Aide

A home health aide looks after patients in their own home. They might be required to bathe, dress, feed and help a patient with their medication. You don’t need any medical training to be a home health aide, but you do need a lot of compassion and a genuine desire to help people.

Have you jumped into any of these careers? If so, let us know in the comments.