Medical “coder.” They are the ones that make sure the right diagnosis codes are sent to insurance companies for billing. ICD-10 coders can make a great living and often work on their own time.
Hematologists and other laboratory technicians. They used to do all the grunt work of typing and matching blood for transfusion, as well as doing blood counts and other counts and inspections of blood, plasma, and other human fluids. Until the 90’s, every hospital had its own lab, but now lab work is handled by third party labs.
I didn’t know that sleep technician was a job until I was told about it by a family member. The money is decent, so long as you are willing to work night shift for the rest of your days. The daytime work for it is hard to come by. I liked the part where I could get a job in it, self study, pass the test, and just have a certificate in the thing without having to pay college fees.
Infomatics. Not my job but basically clinicians that help develop and maintain the computer systems we use. Super important job that no one knows about.
Central processing. Might be called different things elsewhere. But their job is to clean and sterilize all the instruments for surgeries. Super important job for all hospitals. No actual patient care.
Transfer center nurse. Nurses in larger hospitals who handle transfer requests between hospitals (e.g. A patient with a small intestinal bleed who needs a procedure a particular hospital doesn’t have) They contact the appropriate physicians who communicate in making the decision, and handle the transfer logistics.
Hospital pharmacist. Except for in emergencies, every medication order in a hospital must be approved by a pharmacist who looks over the patient’s history, current medications, renal and liver function, etc to determine if the drug is safe and appropriate. It’s a good way to use your brain and take care of patients without ever having to lay eyes on them.
Histology technicians, pathologist assistants, electron microscopy technicians. My dad is a pathologist and my mom was an electron microscopy tech. This is how I know these professions exist hah. Basically they look at slides of cells, prep the slides for the pathologists.
Radiologist. Radiologist basically sit in a dark room and read x-ray, CT, and MRI scans all day. They rarely have ever have interaction with anyone besides the receptionist or other radiologist sitting in the same room.
Essentially, IT for the medical equipment. Most positions require special certification. The more related certifications you have, usually the more valuable you are.
I’m a charge capture specialist for radiation oncology. I basically make sure no revenue slips through the cracks and all charges are accurate before they hit coding and billing.
I’m not sure if this is a medical profession, but there are people who have to clean out the machines. If you are on a breathing respiratory, I guess there is a part of it that collects puss and mucus and blood that comes out of your lungs, and someone needs to walk around and pull all those collection jars and replace and clean them. It’s a job I didn’t know existed until a former coworker told me he did that for a living.
Medical laboratory scientists/technologists. The people that actually do your medical testing. Zero patient contact, but the medical community would collapse without them
cardiovascular perfusionists- they’re a neat part of the surgical team that operates bypass machines during open heart surgeries. It’s a very niche but well paying profession that only requires a 2 years masters program for certfication.
I work from home doing Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance (Aetna, UHC, etc) enrollments for medical practices. It’s necessary for insurance companies to pay for billed services and requires a lot of detailed paperwork and follow-up vis email.
Sterile processing. Other than your coworkers you never have to speak to people lol and it’s a precise job. Is using they get stuck in the basement. Travel jobs make even better money.
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Blood splatter analyst, apparently
Medical “coder.” They are the ones that make sure the right diagnosis codes are sent to insurance companies for billing. ICD-10 coders can make a great living and often work on their own time.
Hematologists and
otherlaboratory technicians. They used to do all the grunt work of typing and matching blood for transfusion, as well as doing blood counts and other counts and inspections of blood, plasma, and other human fluids. Until the 90’s, every hospital had its own lab, but now lab work is handled by third party labs.EDIT: Edited for technical accuracy.
If you live pretty well you can avoid knowing pathology exists
Forensic nurse death investigator
I didn’t know that sleep technician was a job until I was told about it by a family member. The money is decent, so long as you are willing to work night shift for the rest of your days. The daytime work for it is hard to come by. I liked the part where I could get a job in it, self study, pass the test, and just have a certificate in the thing without having to pay college fees.
Biomedical equipment repair
Infomatics. Not my job but basically clinicians that help develop and maintain the computer systems we use. Super important job that no one knows about.
Why do you want to go into “medical”?
Turd Burner.
Medical informatics. Intersection of clinical care and technology – super interesting.
IT Jobs in medical facilities. Without IT, NOTHING gets done in a medical facility.
Central processing. Might be called different things elsewhere. But their job is to clean and sterilize all the instruments for surgeries. Super important job for all hospitals. No actual patient care.
Transfer center nurse. Nurses in larger hospitals who handle transfer requests between hospitals (e.g. A patient with a small intestinal bleed who needs a procedure a particular hospital doesn’t have) They contact the appropriate physicians who communicate in making the decision, and handle the transfer logistics.
Respiratory therapist
Hospital pharmacist. Except for in emergencies, every medication order in a hospital must be approved by a pharmacist who looks over the patient’s history, current medications, renal and liver function, etc to determine if the drug is safe and appropriate. It’s a good way to use your brain and take care of patients without ever having to lay eyes on them.
Pathology assistant
Research animal veterinarian,anything that has to do with research animals.
Histology technicians, pathologist assistants, electron microscopy technicians. My dad is a pathologist and my mom was an electron microscopy tech. This is how I know these professions exist hah. Basically they look at slides of cells, prep the slides for the pathologists.
Radiologist. Radiologist basically sit in a dark room and read x-ray, CT, and MRI scans all day. They rarely have ever have interaction with anyone besides the receptionist or other radiologist sitting in the same room.
Biomedical equipment technician.
Essentially, IT for the medical equipment. Most positions require special certification. The more related certifications you have, usually the more valuable you are.
Believe or not, doctors
A friend of mine works in a hospital lab typing blood all day long. He runs other labs, but his job is essentially invisible.
I’m a histotech assistant going to get certified as a Histotech. I love it 😃
Medical Dosimetrist high pay, important career, less schooling than doctors yet no one seems to know what it is!
I’m a charge capture specialist for radiation oncology. I basically make sure no revenue slips through the cracks and all charges are accurate before they hit coding and billing.
Transfer center jobs are super invisible! They’re the people who handle patient movement between non-affiliated hospitals (at least in the US).
I’m not sure if this is a medical profession, but there are people who have to clean out the machines. If you are on a breathing respiratory, I guess there is a part of it that collects puss and mucus and blood that comes out of your lungs, and someone needs to walk around and pull all those collection jars and replace and clean them. It’s a job I didn’t know existed until a former coworker told me he did that for a living.
Medical laboratory scientists/technologists. The people that actually do your medical testing. Zero patient contact, but the medical community would collapse without them
cardiovascular perfusionists- they’re a neat part of the surgical team that operates bypass machines during open heart surgeries. It’s a very niche but well paying profession that only requires a 2 years masters program for certfication.
Histology, lab tech, central supply, instrument tech in OR (clean, process surgical instruments), med technology repair
Payer enrollments / credentialing/ provider relations
I work from home doing Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance (Aetna, UHC, etc) enrollments for medical practices. It’s necessary for insurance companies to pay for billed services and requires a lot of detailed paperwork and follow-up vis email.
Never actually learned the job title, but the people that fix MRI machines. They used to make a fuck ton of money
Sterile processing. Other than your coworkers you never have to speak to people lol and it’s a precise job. Is using they get stuck in the basement. Travel jobs make even better money.
Quality & patient safety