Wellness Professional

Duties and Responsibilities: Wellness professionals work for schools, local governments, companies or other organizations to suggest, support and train people on their health and fitness goals. The types of concerns are as varied as weight and diabetes prevention and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. A specialist often consults with people directly on lifestyle, eating and exercise habits and may direct an individual to a doctor for any serious health concerns.

Salary: $50,000 - $55,000

Education: A wellness specialist often has a degree in a related discipline such as nursing, fitness or sports medicine. There are no specific requirements, but many positions require on-the-job training in addition to certification from accredited wellness organizations such as the International Association of Wellness Professionals.

                                             

Enviromental Health Specialist Sanitarian

Duties and Responsibilities:
Sanitarians, or environmental health specialists, enforce government regulations and advice and educate clients. They also improve water and sanitation facilities and are involved in improving the quality of community environments. They often:

• Collect and analyze samples
• Screen samples for possible health hazards
• Design or manage sanitation, disposal, and water systems
• Oversee disposal of infectious wastes
• Develop and manage prevention and education programs
• Evaluate and identify health hazards and ensure compliance with regulations

Average Salary: $25,000-$50,000

Educational Requirements:
Students should take college preparatory courses, especially in mathematics and science, during high school.
A career as a sanitarian or environmental health specialist requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in environmental health or environmental engineering. Many jobs require certification and/or a Master’s Degree in these, or related fields.
                                         

Health Science Librarians

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Science Librarians and Library Technicians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration. Librarians select and acquire books, journals, and other library material.  They also establish electronic and digital database information systems.  They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patrons.  

Salary: $35,000 - $55,000

Education:

Students should take challenging high school courses in information management, science, math, and English. Health sciences library technician training varies by employer.  Some provide on the job training, but all prefer that students complete library technician programs at a community college or technical school.  Associate's degrees can be earned in many of these programs.

                                      

Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsibilities: Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.Aides who work for organizations that receive funds from Medicare or Medicaid must complete formal training, while those who work for private companies do not have to meet these obligations. On-the-job training is often provided by more experienced aides, nursing assistants (CNAs), licensed practical or registered nurses may provide this training.

Salary: That means that the hourly pay rate increases the longer a home health aide works for us. Entry level aides earn $8 per hour, and aides who have worked with us for a few years or more earn up to $13 per hour. According to published information, the national average wage for home health aides is $9.11 per hour. Our average wage is higher.

Education: Home health aides must receive formal training and pass a competency test to work for certified home health or hospice agencies that receive reimbursement from Medicare or Medicaid. Personal and home care aides, however, face a wide range of requirements, which vary from state to state.

                                                     

Healthcare Administer

Duties and Responsibilities: 

The health care industry has become a behemoth, employing hundreds of thousands of physicians, nurses, health specialists, and other non-health workers, and wielding considerable clout on Wall Street. Health care administrators run this behemoth, coordinating and organizing the financing and delivery of care and assisting in the management of health facilities. Executive-level administrators are highly educated individuals responsible for overall policy directions. They

• Assess the need for services 
• Make recommendations regarding the expansion or curtailment of services 
• Establish new facilities
• Run compliance with government agencies and regulations. 

Salary: The average annual wage for healthcare administrators was more than $96,000 in May 2011.For healthcare administrators general medical and surgical hospitals, the average was more than $102,000. The average annual wage was $93,770 for administrators at physicians’ offices, while those control home healthcare services earned an average of $85,860.

Education: Healthcare administrator first complete graduate studies. A bachelor’s degree will only open doors at the entry level, and only a lucky few will be able to work up to a top-level position in a small operation or a middle-management position at a larger facility. A Master’s degree in hospital or nursing administration, public health, public or business administration, and other related fields is usually a requirement for executive office.

                                          

Health Science Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health science librarian work in many places. Some places are the library of a health organization, a pharmaceutical company, health information centers, and medical schools. Librarians are responsible for finding suitable resources, organizing those materials, so they can be easier to find. They are expert at searching specialized data and the Internet. Many of them produce web pages and other guides to finding health-related information resources. The librarian’s position can be full-time or part-time, often in small organizations.

Average Salary: $58,000

Education:
Students must graduate from high school, taking classes such as English, math, typing, and science. A four-year bachelor's degree is then required, including courses such as science and computer science. A master's degree in library science (MLS) is mandatory. Courses include scientific literature, biomedical communication, bibliographic resource use, library organization and management, and standard cataloging systems. While health science librarians are not required to be certified, the Medical Library Association does offer certification examinations which would help a librarian advance to a higher position. 

Answer: I think i would like to be a health science librarian because my dream is to study something related in medicine.
                                                        

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data.  They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. 

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:    

$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)  

$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)  

$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

Educational Requirements:

High school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English are needed. Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialists must pass an examination. 

                                             

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues.  They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs.  They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training setting.  Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools, or government agencies.  Health Educators often: 

• Perform health training needs assessments.
• Design and develop health education programs.
• Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.
• Develop health education curriculum.
• Teach health in public and private schools.

Average Salary:  $20,000 - $35,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school. 

Health educators have, as a minimum, a bachelor's degree in health education.  Many have master's degrees.  To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master's degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

                                                   

Environmental Health Specialist (Sanitarians)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Sanitarians, or environmental health specialists, enforce government regulations and advise and educate clients. They also improve water and sanitation facilities and are involved in improving the quality of community environments.  They often: 

• Collect and analyze samples.
• Screen samples for possible health hazards.
• Design or manage sanitation, disposal, and water systems.
• Oversee disposal of infectious wastes.
• Develop and manage prevention and education programs.
• Evaluate and identify health hazards and ensure compliance with regulations.

Average Salary:  $25,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses, especially in mathematics and science, during high school. 

A career as a sanitarian or environmental health specialist requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in environmental health or environmental engineering.  Many jobs require certification and/or a Master's Degree in these, or related fields. 

Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job to help patients develop more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

·        Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.

·        Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

·        Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological tests.

·        Help patients find and keep jobs.

Average Salary: $25,000 - $45,000

Educational Requirements:

Students interested in becoming counselors should take a challenging high school curriculum.

A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is requirement most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

                                       

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. 

There are a variety of job specialties within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.  Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists.  Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research. Coding specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to insurance companies. 

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary:    

$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)  

$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)  

$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)