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Hot Jobs in Health Care

Hot Jobs in Health Care. Sheryl McLain, MS Executive Director Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center. Today’s Topics. Why Health Care? “Hot Jobs” Shortage Projections How You Can Help Resources Available Q&A. Why Health Care?. Educational options Variety of jobs, settings, hours

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Hot Jobs in Health Care

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  1. Hot Jobs in Health Care Sheryl McLain, MS Executive Director Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center

  2. Today’s Topics • Why Health Care? • “Hot Jobs” • Shortage Projections • How You Can Help • Resources Available • Q&A

  3. Why Health Care? • Educational options • Variety of jobs, settings, hours • Marketable skills in high demand • Meaningful & rewarding work • Opportunities for career advancement and growth

  4. Why Health Care? • Seek a two-year degree, a four-year degree or a quicker certification • Enjoy traveling or staying close to home

  5. Why Health Care? • Prefer working as a team or individually • Like working in direct patient care, or prefer a business office setting…

  6. Why Health Care? • Accounting • Marketing • Administration • Food Service • All other positions any business includes

  7. Is Health Care For Me? ...there is a job in health care especially for YOU!

  8. Why Health Care? • More than 200 health careers • Many training opportunities & shifts • Make a difference in lives each day • Every member of the team is important

  9. Why Health Care? • Your skills will always be in demand • Options of where and when to work • Competitive pay, benefits, flexibility, and job security

  10. Why Health Care? • Different educational choices: • Certification programs: Phlebotomist; Scrub Tech, LPN • 2 Years: Medical Lab Technician; Radiographer • 2-4 Years: Registered Nurse; Respiratory Therapist • 4 years: Medical Technologist; Nuclear Medicine Technologist • 6 Years: Physical Therapist; • Pharmacist

  11. Why Health Care? • Start at any level and can build your career based upon your interests • Change the course of your career path, and can continue advancing with further education

  12. Need $$$$ Assistance? • There are many different scholarship & financial aid packages available to help you pay for your education

  13. Explore Your Options • There is no PERFECT career • There are many EXCELLENT career choices – each with positive and negative attributes • RESEARCH your options

  14. Hot Jobsin Health Care • Oklahoma Hospital Job Shortages: • Nurses • Imaging Technologists (Ultrasound Tech, Radiographer, CT Tech, Radiation Therapist, Nuclear Med, MRI Tech) • Physical/Occupational Therapists • Pharmacists • Respiratory Therapists • Medical Technologists/Lab Techs • Scrub Techs

  15. Selected Vacancies Oklahoma’s Health Care Industry Workforce: 2006 Report Governor’s Council for Workforce & Economic Development

  16. Selected Vacancies (Continued) Oklahoma’s Health Care Industry Workforce: 2006 Report Governor’s Council for Workforce & Economic Development

  17. Projected ShortagesIf Trends Continue Oklahoma’s Health Care Industry Workforce: 2006 Report Governor’s Council for Workforce & Economic Development Oklahoma’s Health Care Industry Workforce: 2006 Report Governor’s Council for Workforce & Economic Development

  18. Results Since2006 Report • Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center created • CareerTech and State Regents working together to expand enrollment, retention, and graduation from nursing and allied health programs

  19. Qualified Applicants Admitted % % % % % % 100%

  20. Nursing & Allied Health Pipeline (all Post-Secondary) 2008 Health Care Survey, 135 programs

  21. Registered Nursing Pipeline Public and Private Colleges & Universities 85% of BSN qualified applicants admitted into programs 71% of qualified ADN applicants admitted into programs 2008 Health Care Survey, 135 programs

  22. Current Job Outlook • Oklahoma Health Care: • 2nd largest employing industry • Higher than average pay • RN jobs to increase 15% in next 6 years • Allied health professions projected 24% growth from 2004-2012 Oklahoma’s Health Care Industry Workforce: 2006 Report GCWED

  23. Current Job Outlook • 3.1 million new health care jobs available by 2010 • 2.2 millionreplacementjobs • 15 of the 30 “fastest growing occupations” are related to health care • Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Projections to 2010 • Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review

  24. Current Job Outlook • August 27, 2008 – CNN Story • “15 Jobs that pay $70K per year” • Radiation Therapist • Increased demand (25% by 2016) • Source: CNN.com

  25. Show Me the Money! Licensed Practical Nurse $24,887-$37,742 Surgical Technologist $26,343-$39,572 Cardiac Monitor Technician $18,741-$27,903 Source: Oklahoma Hospital Association Wage & Salary Survey — January 2009

  26. Show Me the Money! Phlebotomist $18,200-$28,153 Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) $29,307-$44,512 Medical Technologist (ASCP) $35,256-$53,664 Source: Oklahoma Hospital Association Wage & Salary Survey — January 2009

  27. Show Me the Money! Registered Nurse $37,440-$60,570 Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) $35,610-$54,808 Physical Therapist $51,168-$78,374 Source: Oklahoma Hospital Association Wage & Salary Survey — January 2009

  28. Show Me the Money! Radiologic Technologist (AART) (Radiographer) $$32,885-$49,650 Nuclear Medicine Technologist $44,262-$67,954 Pharmacist $72,550-$108,846 Source: Oklahoma Hospital Association Wage & Salary Survey — January 2009

  29. Worker Shortage Challenges • Baby Boomers will be retiring at an increasingly rapid pace for the next 15 years • Oklahoma is expected to grow 154,000 new jobs by 2,014 • The job growth rate is 50% larger than our population’s growth rate • The working populations will have to increase from 70% in 2005 to 91% in 2030 to meet the demand

  30. 9th Graders in Oklahoma

  31. How You Can Help • Career Planning/Direction (4-year plan) • Intro to Health Care • Career Exploration • Talk to professionals/presentations! • www.okhealthcareers.com • www.okhighered.org • www.okcareertech.org • Job Shadowing/Interns/Teacher Externships • Volunteerfor a health care org.

  32. Resources • Health professionals available • Career Fairs • Classroom Presentations • Summer Camps • After School Clubs –Club Scrub/Health Explore • Marketing Materials • Web sites

  33. New Program Pilot

  34. Middle School Students • After School Program • Launch Spring 2009 – OKC Area Hospitals & Middle Schools • Interactive, fun science education + health career exploration • Hands-on science demos • Health care professionals • What they do, where they work & equipment they use • Engages Students

  35. HealthExplore™ Topics • Mission Nutrition • Body Basics • Build Your Bones • Tobacco Cessation • DNA • UV Exposure

  36. www.okhealthcareers.com

  37. Careers Booth

  38. Resources

  39. Be The Difference

  40. QUESTIONS? Contact: Sheryl McLain, MS Executive Director Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center (405) 319-8690 www.ohcwc.com www.okhealthcareers.com sheryl@ohcwc.com

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