Try to obtain as much experience as possible in the field by participating in summer internships and working at part-time jobs. It will take several years of on-the-job experience to be considered a full-fledged consultant.
Health care consultants must be excellent communicators in order to convey their findings to clients. They must be good researchers and be willing to pursue continuing education in order to stay up to date with changes in health care management practices, laws, business practices, and treatment strategies. Other key traits include tact, organizational and leadership skills, creativity, confidence, strong ethics, and an analytical personality. Those who are self-employed must have good marketing skills in order to attract new clients. They also need knowledge of basic accounting and office management practices.
- Accountants
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Agricultural Consultants
- Auditors
- Bank Examiners
- Biochemists
- Biomedical Engineers
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Managers
- Cancer Registrars
- Cardiologists
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemists
- Chief Restructuring Officers
- Chief Trust Officers
- Clinic Managers
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Contact Tracers
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Customer Success Managers
- Data Scientists
- Decision Scientists
- Directors of Telehealth
- Drug Developers
- Energy Consultants
- Environmental Consultants
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Consultants
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Health Advocates
- Health Care Insurance Navigators
- Health Care Managers
- Health Data Analysts
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Hospitalists
- Human Resources Consultants
- Indoor Environmental Health Specialists
- Informatics Nurse Specialists
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Consultants
- Information Technology Security Consultants
- Internet Consultants
- Internet Marketing and Advertising Consultants
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Legal Operations Specialists
- Life Coaches
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Market Research Analysts
- Marketing Consultants
- Medical Ethicists
- Medical Record Technicians
- Medical Screeners
- Medical Secretaries
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Nurse Managers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Pharmaceutical Industry Workers
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacologists
- Physicians
- Political Consultants
- Press Secretaries
- Project Managers
- Registered Nurses
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Sales Engineers
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Social Workers
- Strategy Managers
- Transplant Coordinators
- Workplace Diversity Experts