What kind of jobs are there in a hospital other than medical?
Asked by ahayes
I'm starting college this fall and i dont know what my major is going to be. I know i want to work in a hospital but i dont want to be a doctor or nurse!! I dont want to do medical coding or transcription so what else is there to do in a hospital??

Best Answer:
Depending on where your strengths lie, they have business offices, billing departments, legal departments, and need marketing/pr people. IT staff- as most hospitals are using modern technology to aid in practice. If you are looking at a career in a medical capacity- look into becoming a pharmacist, physical or occupational therapist, speech pathologist, respiratory therapist or radiology technologist. There are many choices here- these are all I can think of right now. Good Luck.

clerical, nutrition, human resources, insurance, accounting...
Answered by De

Get a mop and bucket! or learn plumbing or electrical
Answered by Flat_out_Bob

Food service,sanitation,gift shop,escorting patients for tests and leaving the hospital. Snack bar.
Answered by Patricia M

Surgical technician, pharmacist, x ray tech, janitor, laundry, in the cafeteria, why do you want to work in a hospital specifically? that would better answer what type of job you need to have.
Answered by Bird

I work in medical IT doing HL7 integration work. It's the communication protocol between all the various hospital IT systems. Sounds boring at first, but it's really very interesting. You have to learn all about the different specialities, work with the hospital's various departments, help in buying decisions, etc. It's also a very well-paying job. There are more open positions than there are trained people to fill them. A Biotechnology degree would be best. Second best is a Computer Science degree with biomedical minor.
Answered by kittyrat234b

Lawyer. Physical, occupational, or speech therapist. Management of ancillary (non-nursing) staff. Massage therapist. Physiologist. X-Ray technologist.
Answered by Swabbie

They also need people for the Technology Staff, to fix computers and help with the software, manage servers umong other technology items around the hospital. Management Information Systems or Networking or another computer realated field would be good for that type of job.
Answered by Em C

HR, chemist, lab diagnosis, accounts
Answered by Career

Admin. Assistant Medical Assistant Accounting Massage Therapist Respiratory Therapist Surgical Tech X Ray Tech
Answered by Karol

There's a variety of departments where you may do entry level work after attaining your degree including finance, strategic planning, process improvement, information technology, marketing, and human resources. If your school does not offer a healthcare administration degree, consider going into business administration, as these same disciplines will be covered in that program, but without the healthcare focus. Many healthcare and business administration programs offer (or even require) an internship as part of the program. Make sure you jump on this as it is a great opportunity for you to learn from people working where you want to work and to ask what ever questions you need answered. It also is an excellent opportunity to get some good hospital experience that you can add to your resume. To make it easier to get a job after graduation, ANY sort of hospital experience will help to distinguish you from other applicants. If you work part time while in school as a Patient Transport Tech (wheelchair and bed transport) or even a Unit Secretary, where you would answer the phone on a clinical unit, assist guests with basic questions, etc., potential employers would see that you have hospital exposure, which would greatly lower your learning curve versus having worked at Wal-Mart or McDonald's. You would have to learn medical terminology to be an effective Unit Secretary. You might consider taking a nursing course in medical terminology, or a cheaper route would be to just buy a medical dictionary (Webster's New World Medical Dictionary lists for $14.99 and you can get it for less on Amazon). A free, but inconvenient alternative would be to look up terms online (e.g., http://www.medterms.com). For future advancement, you will most likely have to get either an MBA or an MHA degree. You could either earn the degree immediately after undergraduate school or start working right away and become a part time grad student. Most hospitals provide a tuition reimbursement benefit for their full time employees, if you want to start working right away. Just know that you would have to go to school part time while you are still working, thus increasing the time it takes to get the graduate degree. Hope this helps.
Answered by H M