MEDICAL
JOBS
Medical
job involves job in hospitals, nursing homes, home health care,
specialized clinics and nontraditional
options such as
homeopathic treatment. It is no more just a humanitarian service
but a business.
This industry provides mankind with services like diagnostic,
healing, rehabilitation, and prevention services
for the injured, ailing, incapacitated and disabled. Listed
below are few of the position held in this industry.
Physicians hold the top most position in the health care pyramid.
Surgical technologists are also known as
scrubs and surgical or operating room technicians. They take
part in surgical operations
under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses or other
surgical personnel and also are the members of operating-room
teams, which most commonly include surgeons, anesthesiologists
and circulating nurses. Surgical technologists help prepare
the operating room before the operation by setting up surgical
instruments
and equipment, sterile drapes and sterile solutions.
Registered Nurse (RN) And Licensed
Practical Nurse (LPN) form
the second-largest population in the health occupation. It
is also seen to be the fourth fastest-growing employment category
of positions that require post-secondary or associate degrees.
Nurse Practitioner (NP) generally have a
master's degree and training in pediatrics or family health.
In UK, NPs sometimes
prescribe medicine and are allowed the primary-care status
for basic health problems.
Medical Technician : To become a medical
technician, all you need to have is a high school
or college degrees, plus
several years of specialized training. They are in a great
demand in hospitals, labs, and anywhere else where special
tests such as electroencephalographs, MRIs, and CAT scans
are administered.
Pharmacists allocates the drugs prescribed
by the doctor or any other health practitioners and and gives
the patient informations
regarding the medications and their uses. Sometimes they
also advice the physician regarding the selection, dosages,
interactions
and side effects of medications.
Microbiologists are hired by almost all
the industries from food, agriculture and pollution control
to
biotechnology, pharmaceuticals
and health. They have positions even in Government agencies and labs, such as the National Institutes of Health,
the Environmental Protection Agency, water treatment facilities
and hospitals. Many of them work as teachers and researchers.
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