Health Careers TodayHealth Careers TodayNancy LoBello Nancy LoBello

Career Councilor Career Councilor

OCM BOCES OCM BOCES

Liverpool, New YorkLiverpool, New York

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E-mail E-mail lobello@ocmboces.elobello@ocmboces.e

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IF YOUIF YOU

Like to help peopleLike to help people Care about people’s healthCare about people’s health Would like to be a part of the Would like to be a part of the

respected medical professionrespected medical profession

Then a career in Health Care is for Then a career in Health Care is for YOU!YOU!

Abundance of OpportunitiesAbundance of Opportunities

People are living longerPeople are living longer Increased need for preventive long-Increased need for preventive long-

term careterm care Demand for health care workers Demand for health care workers

expected to grow faster than any expected to grow faster than any other occupation between 2000 and other occupation between 2000 and 20102010

Growing Need ForGrowing Need For

Home Health AidesHome Health Aides Registered NursesRegistered Nurses Licensed Practical Licensed Practical

NursesNurses Physicians AssistantsPhysicians Assistants Physical TherapistsPhysical Therapists Non-Traditional Non-Traditional

Health AidesHealth Aides PhysiciansPhysicians

High Demand forHigh Demand for

Technical and Technical and Administrative jobs Administrative jobs

Hospitals are focusing Hospitals are focusing their energies on their energies on efficient efficient management and management and profitabilityprofitability

Career TracksCareer Tracks

Health Care ProfessionalsHealth Care ProfessionalsPhysiciansPhysicians Registered NursesRegistered Nurses

Licensed Practical Licensed Practical NursesNurses

Nurse PractitionersNurse Practitioners

Medical TechnicianMedical Technician Physical TherapyPhysical Therapy

Health Care Health Care managementmanagement

Medical SecretariesMedical Secretaries

Dental ProfessionalsDental Professionals Home Health AidesHome Health Aides

Veterinary Veterinary ProfessionalsProfessionals

Medical ImagingMedical Imaging

Physicians Physicians

At the top of the medical pyramidAt the top of the medical pyramid 7 years of graduate school and residency7 years of graduate school and residency Primary Care, Specialists, SurgeonsPrimary Care, Specialists, SurgeonsSalary rangeSalary range $32,000 residents$32,000 residents $110,000 to $205,000 general practitioners$110,000 to $205,000 general practitioners $160,000 to $400,000 specialists$160,000 to $400,000 specialists $160,000 to $700, 000 surgeons$160,000 to $700, 000 surgeons

Registered NurseRegistered Nurse

Caring for people Caring for people who are sick or who are sick or injuredinjured

Salary rangeSalary range

$30,000 - $65,000$30,000 - $65,000

Nurse PractitionerNurse Practitioner

Registered nurses Registered nurses with extra training with extra training and skills to and skills to diagnose and treat diagnose and treat illnessillness

Salary rangeSalary range $50,000 - $80,000$50,000 - $80,000

Medical TechniciansMedical Technicians

Laboratory analysis Laboratory analysis of samples taken of samples taken from patients, from patients, testing for diseases, testing for diseases, drug use, and other drug use, and other specialized testsspecialized tests

Salary Range Salary Range $25,000 - $55,000$25,000 - $55,000

Best pay in nuclear Best pay in nuclear medicine technologymedicine technology

Physical TherapyPhysical Therapy

Prescribing Prescribing exercises, stretches exercises, stretches and other treatment and other treatment to help patients deal to help patients deal with physical injuries with physical injuries or infirmitiesor infirmities

Salary Range Salary Range $40,000 - $70,000$40,000 - $70,000

PT Assistants can PT Assistants can expect to make expect to make $25,000 - $40,000$25,000 - $40,000

Health Care ManagementHealth Care Management

Work behind the Work behind the scenes to ensure scenes to ensure that hospitals, that hospitals, community care community care agencies and other agencies and other health-related health-related organizations are organizations are well run. well run.

Salary range Salary range $50,000 and up….$50,000 and up….

Medical SecretariesMedical Secretaries

Keeping accurate Keeping accurate and detailed health and detailed health information for information for hospitals, doctors hospitals, doctors and other health and other health care providerscare providers

Salary range Salary range

$20,000 - $35,000$20,000 - $35,000

Home Health AidesHome Health Aides

Caring for the day-Caring for the day-to-day needs of to-day needs of elderly, ill or elderly, ill or disabled people disabled people

Salary range $8.00 Salary range $8.00 -$12.00 per hour, -$12.00 per hour, more with more with certificationcertification

Dental ProfessionsDental Professions

Dentist- general practice, and Dentist- general practice, and specialistsspecialists

Salary range- $60,000-$100,00 GPSalary range- $60,000-$100,00 GP

$100,000 - $300,000 specialists$100,000 - $300,000 specialists

Dental ProfessionsDental Professions

Dental HygienistDental Hygienist Cleaning teeth, Cleaning teeth,

taking X-rays and taking X-rays and teaching patients teaching patients dental health. dental health.

Salary range Salary range $40,000 - $62,000$40,000 - $62,000

Dental AssistantDental Assistant Assisting the Assisting the

dentist with clinical dentist with clinical proceduresprocedures

Salary range Salary range $18,000 - $26,000$18,000 - $26,000

Veterinary ProfessionsVeterinary Professions

VeterinarianVeterinarian Doctors of small Doctors of small

and large animal and large animal practicespractices

Salary range Salary range $50,000 - $100,000$50,000 - $100,000

Veterinary AssistantVeterinary Assistant Assist veterinarians Assist veterinarians

in the care and in the care and treatment of treatment of animals animals

Salary range Salary range $18,000 - $28,000$18,000 - $28,000

Medical ImagingMedical Imaging

Use x-rays, CT Use x-rays, CT scanners, MRI scanners, MRI equipment and other equipment and other high tech tools to high tech tools to help diagnose help diagnose medical problemsmedical problems

Salary range $25,000 Salary range $25,000 - $50,000, with an - $50,000, with an average of $35,000average of $35,000

Individuals Who AreIndividuals Who Are

MotivatedMotivated OrganizedOrganized Team PlayersTeam Players FlexibleFlexible Hard workingHard working Technical skillsTechnical skills Communication skillsCommunication skills ProfessionalProfessional

Job ProspectsJob Prospects

Depend on levels of education and trainingDepend on levels of education and training Practical experience in the industryPractical experience in the industry Sign-on bonusesSign-on bonuses Tuition reimbursementTuition reimbursement Flexible schedulingFlexible scheduling Incentives (voluntary overtime)Incentives (voluntary overtime) Travel positionsTravel positions

Major PlayersMajor Players

HospitalsHospitals Biggest employers of Biggest employers of

the health care the health care industryindustry

Need a steady Need a steady supply of doctors, supply of doctors, nurses, nurses, administrators, administrators, medical technicians, medical technicians, therapiststherapists

Major PlayersMajor Players

HMO’sHMO’s Health Health

Maintenance Maintenance OrganizationsOrganizations

PPO’sPPO’s Preferred Provider Preferred Provider

OrganizationsOrganizations

Major PlayersMajor Players

Specialty ProvidersSpecialty Providers Nursing HomesNursing Homes Clinics that focus on Clinics that focus on

special treatmentsspecial treatments

ChemotherapyChemotherapy

MRIMRI

Physical therapyPhysical therapy

DialysisDialysis

Home CareHome Care

Nurses and aides can administer Nurses and aides can administer complex treatments to elderly, disabled, complex treatments to elderly, disabled, and terminally ill patients in their own and terminally ill patients in their own homeshomes

Supervised by an RN, NP, or physicianSupervised by an RN, NP, or physician Minimal trainingMinimal training Pay is low (under $10/Hr)Pay is low (under $10/Hr) Flexible hoursFlexible hours Plenty of personal contact with patientsPlenty of personal contact with patients

Love Your JobLove Your Job

Express care and compassion Express care and compassion through personal contactthrough personal contact

Flexible hours to balance family, Flexible hours to balance family, school and other commitmentsschool and other commitments

Fast pace of health care makes it Fast pace of health care makes it rewarding and stimulatingrewarding and stimulating

Not So HotNot So Hot

Health care has become too business Health care has become too business oriented instead of patient orientedoriented instead of patient oriented

Restrictions of Managed CareRestrictions of Managed Care Unequal treatment of patients based Unequal treatment of patients based

on incomeon income

High School CoursesHigh School Courses

Science – Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsScience – Biology, Chemistry, Physics Math – Algebra, Intermediate AlgebraMath – Algebra, Intermediate Algebra Vocational Education – Introduction Vocational Education – Introduction

to Health Occupations, New Vision to Health Occupations, New Vision HealthHealth

Jobs During High SchoolJobs During High School

Area Hospitals and Nursing HomesArea Hospitals and Nursing Homes St. Joseph’s Hospital Health CenterSt. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Crouse Memorial HospitalCrouse Memorial Hospital Van Dyne HomeVan Dyne Home LorrettoLorretto St. Joseph’s ImagingSt. Joseph’s Imaging

Certificates and 2 Year Certificates and 2 Year ProgramsPrograms

Vocational SchoolsVocational Schools OCM BOCESOCM BOCES

www.ocmboces.orgwww.ocmboces.org

2 Year Colleges2 Year Colleges Cayuga County Community CollegeCayuga County Community College

www.cayuga-cc.edu/www.cayuga-cc.edu/ Onondaga Community CollegeOnondaga Community College

www.sunyocc.edu/www.sunyocc.edu/ St Joseph’s Hospital Health Center School of NursingSt Joseph’s Hospital Health Center School of Nursing

www.sjhsyr.org/www.sjhsyr.org/ Crouse School of NursingCrouse School of Nursing

www.crouse.orgwww.crouse.org

4 Year Programs4 Year Programs

Upstate Medical UniversityUpstate Medical Universitywww.upstate.edu/www.upstate.edu/

Syracuse UniversitySyracuse Universitywww.syr.edu/www.syr.edu/

Lemoyne CollegeLemoyne Collegehttp://www.lemoyne.edu/http://www.lemoyne.edu/

SUNY Utica/RomeSUNY Utica/Romewww.sunyit.edu/www.sunyit.edu/

Upstate Medical UniversityUpstate Medical University www.upstate.eduwww.upstate.edu

Local EmployersLocal Employers

Upstate Medical Upstate Medical CenterCenter

Crouse Memorial Crouse Memorial HospitalHospital

VA HospitalVA Hospital St. Joseph’s Health St. Joseph’s Health

Care CenterCare Center Community General Community General

HospitalHospital LorrettoLorretto

Crouse Imaging Crouse Imaging St. Joseph’s ImagingSt. Joseph’s Imaging University OrthopedicsUniversity Orthopedics United Health careUnited Health care Blue Cross/Blue Shield Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO’s and PPO’sHMO’s and PPO’s Van Dyne HomeVan Dyne Home

Let’s Get StartedLet’s Get Started

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