The medical field is full of professionals who help to benefit the community, also complete with salary. If you are interested in a medical career, and are confused on what each profession does, here is a list of some entry-level jobs with descriptions and duties.
Caregiver
-Also known as personal care aides, they work in the client’s home and help with daily activities of the sick, injured, elderly, or mentally disabled.
Duties: assist with basic needs such as bathing, grooming, and toileting, basic food preparation, mobility assistance, emotional support, transportation
Medical assistant
-they perform routine clinical tasks, and make sure the office is running smoothly.
Duties: updating and filing patients medical records, scheduling appointments, answering phones, billing and bookkeeping, filing insurance forms, record vital signs, explaining treatment procedures, preparing patients for examinations
CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant)
-their primary responsibility is to assist patients with daily activities.
Duties: bathing patients, taking vital signs, turning or repositioning bedridden patients, sanitizing patient areas
Dental Assistant
-they make patients as comfortable as possible, prepare them for treatment, and obtain dental records
Duties: prepare equipment, take x-rays, scheduling appointments, order dental supplies and materials
Emergency Medical Technician
–respond to emergency calls and provide medical care to critically ill, and transport to facility.
Duties: maintain airway, treatment of shock, bandaging wounds, prehospital care
Pharmacy Technician
–work with Pharmacists to prepare and give out prescriptions.
Duties: measure medication, take payments, mix medication, take prescriptions over the phone or in person
Phlebotomist
–professionals who draw blood from patients
Duties: collect blood samples, label vials, transport samples to laboratory
Physical Therapist Assistant
–work under direction of physical therapists
Duties: observe patients during therapy, help patients do specific exercises, treat patients, educate family and patient on therapy and treatment
Radiologic Technologist
–perform examinations, or x-rays on patients
Duties: adjust imaging equipment, preparing patients for procedures, protect patient from unnecessary exposure, help evaluate images
Hopefully, you have some idea on these professions, and you can figure your interests.