Set up an appointment to speak to a health care manager to see what the job entails and how you can best prepare for it.
Volunteer or get a part-time job at a nursing home, hospital, or clinic to gain experience in a health care facility and to learn about the structure and responsibilities of a health care staff.
Read the latest news articles and research upcoming changes in health care policies regarding the Affordable Care Act to see how it affects patients, insurance policies, and health care staff.
Join a student business club or organization, such as Junior Achievement (https://www.juniorachievement.org), or become the treasurer or fund-raiser for a school organization to gain business experience.
Modern Healthcare publishes a list of “The 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” at http://www.bestplacestoworkhc.com. The list can be searched by employer size, location, average salary, and other criteria. Use this list to identify top employers.
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Biochemists
- Biomedical Engineers
- Business Managers
- Cancer Registrars
- Cardiologists
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemists
- Clinic Managers
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Contact Tracers
- Customer Success Managers
- Data Scientists
- Directors of Telehealth
- Drug Developers
- Futurists
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Health Advocates
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Care Insurance Navigators
- Health Data Analysts
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Hospitalists
- Informatics Nurse Specialists
- Medical Ethicists
- Medical Record Technicians
- Medical Screeners
- Medical Secretaries
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Nurse Managers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Pharmaceutical Industry Workers
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacologists
- Physicians
- Registered Nurses
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Sales Engineers
- Social Workers
- Strategy Managers
- Transplant Coordinators
