Medical Career Choices- Medical Jobs in USA

Career Choices

There are dozens of Medical /health care jobs available – which ones might be right for you?

Click on the job titles below to learn more about the career information:
· The day-to-day work of the job
· Where you might work
· Job outlook
· Salary range
· Education and school information

Most common Medical Career professions

• Unit Coordinator
• Surgical Technologist
• Speech-Language Pathologist
• Social Worker
• Respiratory Therapist
• Research Assistant
• Registered Nurse
• Radiologic Technologist
• Medical Assistant Jobs
• Physical Therapy Assistant
• Physical Therapist

• Phlebotomist
• Pharmacy Technician
• Pharmacist
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Nursing Assistant
• Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT)
• Medical Technologists (MT)
• Medical Billing and Coding
• Licensed Practical Nurse
• Health Information Management Professionals

Medical Career in  Counseling

• Psychiatric Aide/Technician
• Social Worker
• Genetic Counselor
• Counselors
• Psychologists

Medical Career in Clinical Laboratory Science

• Histologists and histologic technicians
• Cytotechnologist
• Clinical Laboratory Personnel

Medical Career in Dentistry

• Dental Assistant
• Dental Laboratory Technician
• Dental Hygienist
• Dentists:Doctors of Dental Surgery/ DDS or Doctors of Dental Medicine/ DMD

Medical Career in Medicine

• Surgical technologists or operating room technicians
• Physician Assistant
• Podiatrists (Doctors of Podiatric Medicine)
• Pediatrician
• Internist
• Family Physician
• Physicians

• Medical assistants
• Home health aides
• Perfusionists

Medical Career in Health Administration, Information & Communications

• Patient relation liaisons
• Nursing home administrators
• Health Services Administrator
• Health sciences librarians and health sciences library technicians
• Health information managers (Registered Record Administrator, Accredited Record Technician, and Certified Coding Specialist)

Medical Career in Nursing

• Nursing Assistant/ Nursing Aide
• Licensed Practical Nurse
• Registered nurses
• Clinical nurse specialists
• Nurse anesthetists
• Nurse Midwife
• Nurse practitioners

Medical Career in Public Health & Nutrition

• Dietetic technicians
• Registered dietitians
• Health educators
• Epidemiologists
• Environmental health specialists
• Biostatistician

Medical Career in Pharmacy

• Pharmacy technicians
• Pharmacists

Medical Career in the Field of Therapy

• Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
• Speech /Language Pathologist/ Audiologist
• Respiratory care practitioners or therapists (RRT therapist) (CRT technician)
• Physical Therapy Personnel: physical therapists/ aides & assistants
• Orthotist/ Prosthetist

• Occupational therapists / assistants/ Aides

Medical Career on Science, Engineering & Diagnostic Instrumentation

• Research scientists
• Monitor Surveillance Technician
• Industrial hygienists
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist
• Electrocardiograph Technician
• Biomedical Equipment Technician
• Biomedical engineers

Medical Career in Radiologic Technology

• Sonographer
• Radiologic Technologist
• Radiation therapists
• Nuclear medicine technologists

Medical Carer in Vision

• Ophthalmic technologists
• Optical Laboratory Technician
• Registered Optician
• Paraoptometrics (optometric technicians and optometric assistants)
• Optometrist : Doctors of Optometry

Medical Career in Veterinary Medicine

• Veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants
• Doctors of Veterinary Medicine

Other Health Care Careers

• Gerontologist
• Emergency Medical Services Personnel
• Chiropractor

• Athletic trainers