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Health Services Industry Snapshot Essential Industry Transferable Skills The level of job satisfaction is like no other when I know that my actions positively contributed to my patients’ recovery. Jobs in the health services industry provide medical assistance to people. Health services employees work in hospitals, doctors’ offices, nursing homes, and medical labs. It is one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing industries—demand for jobs is expected to grow as the nation’s 80 million Baby Boomers approach retirement age. Experts say more than half of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S. in the next 10 years are in health services. Demand for health services workers in the Greater Phoenix area is expected to mirror the nationwide growth of these jobs. Depending on the health services career you choose, many states require health services employees to be certified in their profession. • Speaking — Talking to others to effectively convey information. • Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. • Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions. • Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. • Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do. Fastest Growing Dental Assistants $35,020 Dental Hygienists $74,000 Home Health Aides $21,720 Pharmacy Technicians $30,100 Surgical Technologists $43,660 Largest Number Home Health Aides $21,720 Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses $45,650 Medical Assistants $30,070 Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants $25,300 Registered Nurses $67,130 Occupation Average Annual Wage* * Source: Arizona Department of Commerce 2009 Source: O*Net healthcare Robin Mallaro Trauma Nurse SCC Student 16 MCCCD CAREER GUIDE
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Largest Number HomeHealthAides $21,720 LicensedPractical&Licensed VocationalNurses $45,650 MedicalAssistants $30,070 NursingAides,Orderlies,&Attendants $25,300 RegisteredNurses $67,130 The level of job satisfaction is like no other when I know that my actions positively contributed to my patients’ recovery. • SocialPerceptiveness—Beingawareofothers’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do. 16 MCCCD CAREER GUIDE Robin Mallaro
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Health ServicesIndustry Snapshot
Essential Industry Transferable Skills
The level of job satisfaction is like no other when I know that myactions positively contributedto my patients’ recovery.
Jobs in the health services industry provide medical assistance to people. Health services employees work in hospitals, doctors’ offices, nursing homes, and medical labs. It is one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing industries—demand for jobs is expected to grow as the nation’s 80 million Baby
Boomers approach retirement age.
Experts say more than half of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S. in the next 10 years are in health services. Demand for health services workers in the Greater Phoenix area is expected to mirror the nationwide growth of these jobs. Depending on the health services career you choose, many states require health services employees to be certified in their profession.
• Speaking—Talkingtootherstoeffectivelyconveyinformation.
• ActiveListening—Givingfullattentiontowhatotherpeople are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Coordination—Adjustingactionsinrelationtoothers’actions.
• ReadingComprehension—Understandingwritten sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• SocialPerceptiveness—Beingawareofothers’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Fastest Growing DentalAssistants $35,020DentalHygienists $74,000HomeHealthAides $21,720PharmacyTechnicians $30,100SurgicalTechnologists $43,660 Largest Number HomeHealthAides $21,720LicensedPractical&LicensedVocationalNurses $45,650MedicalAssistants $30,070NursingAides,Orderlies,&Attendants $25,300RegisteredNurses $67,130
Occupation Average Annual Wage*
*Source: Arizona Department of Commerce 2009
Source: O*Net
healthcare
Robin MallaroTrauma NurseSCC Student
16 MCCCD CAREER GUIDE
Program ProgramCollege/Skill Center College/Skill Center
ALLIED HEALTHAdvanced Behavioral Health Sciences Glendale, South MountainAdvanced Nursing South MountainBasic Behavioral Health Glendale, South MountainClinical Laboratory Sciences PhoenixClinical Research Associate GateWayClinical Research Coordinating GateWayCommunity Health Advocate, Diabetes MesaCommunity Health Worker South Mountain Computed Tomography GateWayDevelopmental Disabilities Specialist Glendale, Chandler-GilbertDiagnostic Medical Sonography GateWayDirect Care Practice Mesa Electroneurodiagnostics GateWayHealth Information PhoenixHealth Information Technology PhoenixHealth Services Management GateWay Health Unit Coordinating GateWay Histologic Technology Phoenix Hospital Central Service Technology GateWayLaboratory Assisting PhoenixMagnetic Resonance Imaging GateWayMedical Assistant Front & Back Office Maricopa Skill Center SouthWest Skill CenterMedical Assisting PhoenixMedical Biller & Coder Maricopa Skill CenterMedical Biller & Coding SouthWest Skill CenterMedical Biller & Coding: Physician-Based PhoenixMedical Coding: Hospital-Based Phoenix Medical Front Office PhoenixMedical Radiography GateWayMedical Transcription GateWayNuclear Medicine Technology GateWayPatient Care Technology PhoenixPerioperative Nursing GateWay
Phlebotomy Phoenix, SouthWest Skill Center
Physical Therapist Assisting GateWayPolysomnographic Technology GateWayRadiation Therapy GateWayRecovery Support South MountainRespiratory Care GateWaySpanish Medical Interpreter Program SouthWest Skill CenterSpeech Language Pathology Assistant Estrella MountainSurgical Technology GateWay DENTALClinical Dental Assisting Rio SaladoCommunity Dental Health Coordination Rio SaladoDental Assisting PhoenixDental Hygiene Phoenix, Rio Salado, MesaDental Office Management Phoenix NURSING Fast Track Practical Nursing GateWayNurse Assistant SouthWest Skill CenterNurse Assisting Chandler-Gilbert, Glendale, GateWay, Mesa, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Estrella MountainNursing Chandler-Gilbert, Glendale, GateWay, Mesa, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Estrella MountainPractical Nursing SouthWest Skill Center Chandler-Gilbert, Glendale, GateWay, Mesa, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Estrella Mountain Maricopa Skill Center
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