The life of a health care consultant is filled with long hours (about 30 percent of consultants work more than 40 hours per week), frequent travel to the offices of clients, and the stress of meeting deadlines and fulfilling the expectations of clients who desire a big bang for the big bucks that they’re shelling out for the consultant’s expertise. On the other hand, many health care consultants take pride in helping clients deliver better health care service or solving challenging problems. They also cite other pluses to this career such as the opportunity to work with smart, driven colleagues; good pay and benefits; flexibility regarding work schedule; and the variety of work duties. National publications are taking notice of a career in consulting. For example, U.S. News & World Report creates an annual list of the 100 best jobs in the United States. Occupations that rank high on its list offer a good work/life balance, low or manageable stress levels, excellent pay, and strong employment prospects with lots of jobs available. In 2024, U.S. News ranked the career of management consultant as the 13th-best occupation. Visit https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs to learn more about a career as a consultant and read the complete list.
- 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