If you have a background in health care or have an interest in working the health care environment, and also have strong management and people skills, a career as a health care administrator may be right for you. The job involves being the main administrator in charge of major decisions that are made for a hospital or health care facility. You would be responsible for hiring and firing employees, working...

An interesting career option to consider is that of a Managed Care Director. This career is hard to define since it is so varied in what environment they may work. Many in this field consider themselves working for the insurance industry, because of the amount of insurance paperwork and tasks they do. They are not necessarily a licensed insurance agent though. Their job is to facilitate the...

If you want a job on the top levels of health care, consider a job as a health services manager. This position pays up to $85,000 or more per year in some arenas, and offers a way to work in both business and health care. Similar to a health care administrator, the job of a health services manager is to manage all of the services a health care facility is responsible for, and see to the smooth operation...

The job of a hospital administrator is not an easy one. But if you want to reach for the top in the health care industry, this is a good career goal for you. You may have to start at the bottom rungs of the ladder first, as administrative assistant, staff advisor, or personnel director, but with time others will notice your ability and you may get a chance to obtain this status. Requirements/Qualifications The...

A physician group administrator is responsible for overseeing the smooth operation of a group of doctors who work together in a clinic, practice, or hospital. They are skilled in a lot of areas and have the physicians' groups' best interests at heart. Sometimes this position is called a medical practice administrator. Requirements/Qualifications The requirements for a physician group administrator...

  If you're interested in the field of alternative medicine, you may be interested in becoming a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner or a practitioner in the field of Oriental medicine. These fields use many unique and time-tested techniques to treat patients without or in combination with Western medicine. What Is a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner? A traditional Chinese...

Becoming an anesthesiologist assistant is an excellent way to take advantage of the rapidly growing medical industry without having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical school. Anesthesiologists benefit from job stability and high levels of pay, and are in demand throughout the nation, What Is an Anesthesiologist Assistant? An anesthesiologist assistant works extremely closely with...

If you're interested in the medical field but don't want to become a medical doctor, you can consider a career in the field of osteopathy. Osteopathy is a holistic and broad approach to traditional medicine that contains many of the hallmarks of the medical field such as licensing and residency. What Is a Doctor of Osteopathy? A doctor of osteopathy is a fully-licensed medical professional. Most...

Much like the way every snowflake in a flurry has its own unique geometric pattern, every human being is built slightly differently. Because of this, it is particularly difficult to come up with one size fits all hardware meant to replace parts of the human body. The medical appliance technician is a craftsman trained in the creation of one or more of the aforementioned categories of medical equipment....

Whenever a new prescription for glasses is filled, that particular lens configuration is made from a lens blank is that is precision-shaped by an ophthalmic laboratory technician. Also known as manufacturing opticians, this sort of technician is a position designed to support optometrists and ophthalmologists, but can also find employment separate from the eye doctors themselves by working for retail...