Healthcare Support

 

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Types of careers for this career path:

Home Health Aides: Provide routine, personal healthcare, such as bathing, dressing, or grooming, to elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in the home of patients or in a residential care facility.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; problem sensitivity; active listening; critical thinking; monitoring; service orientation; social perceptiveness; coordination; psychology; public safety and security; medicine and dentistry
Training Programs: Home health aide/home attendant

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants: Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties, such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; problem sensitivity; near vision; active listening; monitoring; critical thinking; social perceptiveness; service orientation; coordination; customer and personal service; English language; psychology
Training Programs: Nurse/nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant; health aide

Psychiatric Aides: Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff.
Important Abilities & Skills: Problem sensitivity; oral comprehension; oral expression; active listening; speaking; monitoring; social perceptiveness; service orientation; coordination; psychology; therapy and counseling; public safety and security
Training Programs: Psychiatric/mental health services technician; health aide

Occupational Therapist Assistants: Assist occupational therapists in providing occupational therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with State laws, assist in development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, direct activity programs, and document the progress of treatments. Generally requires formal training.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; written comprehension; reading comprehension; active listening; writing; social perceptiveness; judgment and decision making; time management; psychology; English language; therapy and counseling
Training Programs: Occupational therapist assistant

Occupational Therapist Aides: Under close supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing patient and treatment room.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; speech clarity; oral comprehension; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; social perceptiveness; service orientation; complex problem solving; customer and personal service; therapy and counseling; English language
Training Programs: Occupational therapist assistant

Physical Therapist Assistants: Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with State laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; speech clarity; speaking; active listening; monitoring; social perceptiveness; coordination; instructing; customer and personal service; therapy and counseling; medicine and dentistry
Training Programs: Physical therapist assistant

Physical Therapist Aides: Under close supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing the patient and the treatment area.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; speech recognition; active listening; speaking; monitoring; social perceptiveness; coordination; service orientation; customer and personal service; English language; therapy and counseling
Training Programs: Physical therapist assistant

Massage Therapists: Massage customers for hygienic or remedial purposes.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; multilimb coordination; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; service orientation; social perceptiveness; judgment and decision making; customer and personal service; therapy and counseling; English language
Training Programs: Massage therapy/therapeutic massage; Asian bodywork therapy; somatic bodywork

Dental Assistants: Assist dentist, set up patient and equipment, and keep records.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; speech recognition; speaking; reading comprehension; active listening; service orientation; social perceptiveness; coordination; medicine and dentistry; customer and personal service; English language
Training Programs: Dental assisting

Medical Assistants: Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; oral comprehension; problem sensitivity; active listening; speaking; reading comprehension; social perceptiveness; coordination; service orientation; English language; medicine and dentistry; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Medical office management/administration; medical office assistant/specialist; medical reception; medical insurance coding specialist/coder; medical administrative/executive assistant; medical secretary; medical/clinical assistant

Medical Equipment Preparers: Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
Important Abilities & Skills: Problem sensitivity; oral comprehension; arm-hand steadiness; critical thinking; active listening; reading comprehension; operation monitoring; quality control analysis; social perceptiveness; customer and personal service; English language; public safety and security
Training Programs: Medical/clinical assistant

Medical Transcriptionists: Use transcribing machines with headset and foot pedal to listen to recordings by physicians and other healthcare professionals dictating a variety of medical reports, such as emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form to the dictator for review and signature, or correction.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; written comprehension; written expression; active listening; writing; reading comprehension; time management; judgment and decision making; social perceptiveness; English language; clerical; computer and electronics
Training Programs: Medical transcription

Pharmacy Aides: Record drugs delivered to the pharmacy, store incoming merchandise, and inform the supervisor of stock needs. May operate cash register and accept prescriptions for filling.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; speech clarity; speech recognition; active listening; speaking; reading comprehension; service orientation; social perceptiveness; coordination; customer and personal service; English language; computer and electronics
Training Programs: Pharmacy technician/assistant

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers: Feed, water, and examine pets and other nonfarm animals for signs of illness, disease, or injury in laboratories and animal hospitals and clinics. Clean and disinfect cages and work areas, and sterilize laboratory and surgical equipment. May provide routine post-operative care, administer medication orally or topically, or prepare samples for laboratory examination under the supervision of veterinary or laboratory animal technologists or technicians, veterinarians, or scientists.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral expression; problem sensitivity; deductive reasoning; active listening; monitoring; speaking; social perceptiveness; service orientation; coordination; customer and personal service; English language; biology
Training Programs: Veterinary/animal health technology and veterinary assistant

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