Nursing Your Career Choices – 3 Options for Your Future

Sometimes, we can all get to a point where we don’t know what to do. With financial burdens all around us as well as the constant pressure to succeed, this can hit at any time.

No matter if we’ve been in a career from the get-go that we thought would hold our dream role – or even if we’ve just qualified with a new degree and have the overwhelming feeling of ‘now what?’. If that’s you – a career in a medical profession might be your saving grace.

If you’ve just graduated – it’s probably best you refrain from striving to be a doctor unless that is your goal. You shouldn’t get involved with a career path that requires so much dedication, passion, and effort unless it’s a dream goal!

That doesn’t mean that the field of medicine can’t offer you something, though!

 

Entry Level Jobs

Entry level roles in the profession included mainly administrative duties.

Healthcare comes with a lot of phone calls and paperwork and in between surgeries and appointments, doctors cannot attend to anything like this.

It is simply a distraction from saving lives! That being said, it is still crucial to the work of a doctor that this work is completed. The very bedrock of healthcare is in patient interactions, records, and paperwork.

These admin roles can progress into practice or facility leadership roles down the line – with experience and training.

 

Medical Finance and HR Jobs

Medical facilities also couldn’t do without chasing up bills and finances, which is why HR and monetary professionals find no shortage of work in the business of healthcare.

Doctors, nurses and others involved with medical work need to be paid – right? With no end to the money involved in medical care, you’ll find work chasing up payments and cashing in invoices if you’ve got prior experience in the field.

Most practices are still a business, which means that people still need to run the business, manage employees and manage the day-to-day.

If you’ve got a background in receptionist work, you’ll easily find a role in a practice or hospital.

What’s more – if you’re a leader in business, you might be able to partner with a doctor to open a practice or medical facility.

 

High-Level Experience Jobs

Now – some experience. Becoming a nurse takes effort (not as much as a doctor, but you still need heaps of qualifications and training.

If you want to get involved with hands-on medical care – you should seriously consider becoming a nurse or healthcare assistant. Www.gmercyu.edu is a great place to start learning how, as you’ll need to follow dedicated routes organized by professional bodies, but this is a great way to get involved with healthcare. There are plenty of routes for progression, so don’t worry about being stuck. 

You’ll need to follow dedicated routes organized by professional bodies, but this is a great way to get involved with healthcare. There are plenty of routes for progression, so don’t worry about being stuck. 

There are plenty of routes for progression, so don’t worry about being stuck. Completing an Online RN to BSN Program can also help if you find that you need to boost your qualifications.

Being a doctor involves all of this and more. You’ll need a degree in a medical or scientific field, then pass medical school exams and after that obtain a dedicated degree to even think about working as a doctor.

 

What Kind of Medical Job do You want?

There are plenty of ways to get involved with healthcare, so if you fancy a positive career change – why not health?   I know several people who work in the medical field in various different ways and it is a booming career.

So what kind of job are you looking to get in the medical field?  Share it in the comments below.

Cheers!