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

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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

Health Service Programs at the Maricopa Community Colleges

Source: http://www.maricopa.edu/academic/ccta/curric/index.php

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